# Belar Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Belar

Belar is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,152 people in 284 households**, the 48th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,152people (2011)
- 284households
- 76.4%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belar

Of every 100 households in Belar in 2011, 12 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belar · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**95%

Use banking services ****78%**

**60%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Belar?

■ Belar · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**942

Working population ****45.1%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 63.1% for women. 53% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 253 (49%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 48 (9%) · **■** Marginal 31 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pingla

- Harma1,275 people
- Ghoramara1,259 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Madhya Bar1,247 people
- Gokul Chak1,153 people
- Podima1,122 people
- Baliswarpur1,102 people
- Belun1,099 people
- Tentul Muri1,091 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belar?1,152 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belar?76.4% (Census 2011)