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

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Baligerya

Baligerya is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,843 people in 429 households**, the 4th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,843people (2011)
- 429households
- 80.0%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baligerya

Of every 100 households in Baligerya in 2011, 69 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baligerya · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****23%**

**94%

Use banking services ****25%**

**51%

Television ****26%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baligerya?

■ Baligerya · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**973

Working population ****34.0%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 73.5% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (4%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 256 (41%) · **■** Marginal 196 (31%)

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

- Ragra5,916 people
- Kalrui2,609 people
- Laudaha2,300 people
- Rohini1,691 people
- Dakshin Danrya1,326 people
- Dumuria Shrishbani1,320 people
- Chirakuti1,291 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baligerya?1,843 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baligerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baligerya?80.0% (Census 2011)