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

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Boalia

Boalia is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **485 people in 105 households**, the 116th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 485people (2011)
- 105households
- 78.8%literacy
- 1,091females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Boalia

Of every 100 households in Boalia in 2011, 57 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Boalia · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****64%**

**60%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Boalia?

■ Boalia · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1091**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1500**

**942

Working population ****42.5%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 71.4% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (23%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 66 (32%)

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

- Aknagere538 people
- Raut Chak534 people
- Mallarpur532 people
- Gangadas Chak508 people
- Mandal Bar483 people
- Bar Puri475 people
- Chitra Pur Patwa464 people
- Khamar Kusumda440 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Boalia?485 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boalia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Boalia?78.8% (Census 2011)