# Balibhasa Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/balibhasa/

Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Balibhasa

Balibhasa is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **472 people in 110 households**, the 94th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 472people (2011)
- 110households
- 83.3%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balibhasa

Of every 100 households in Balibhasa in 2011, 65 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balibhasa · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****88%**

**51%

Television ****29%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Balibhasa?

■ Balibhasa · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.3%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****677**

**973

Working population ****43.2%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 76.1% for women. 55% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 199 (98%)

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 Sankrail

- Hanri Bhanga484 people
- Jhilidam483 people
- Mukundapur480 people
- Tiakati480 people
- Nekrasol463 people
- Kashi Danga462 people
- Upar Katmundi455 people
- Bara Kanya Diha448 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balibhasa?472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balibhasa in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balibhasa?83.3% (Census 2011)