# Balaram Chak Village, Bhagawanpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Balaram Chak

Balaram Chak is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **741 people in 166 households**, the 90th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 741people (2011)
- 166households
- 88.2%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balaram Chak

Of every 100 households in Balaram Chak in 2011, 57 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balaram Chak · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**10%

Tap water ****100%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****86%**

**38%

Television ****10%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Balaram Chak?

■ Balaram Chak · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**934

Working population ****31.2%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.6% for men and 81.1% for women. 57% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (66%) · **■** Household industry 13 (6%) · **■** Other work 52 (23%) · **■** Marginal 12 (5%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Gumkia879 people
- Rampur789 people
- Amra Talya785 people
- Jali Bar765 people
- Munda Bhanga735 people
- Shribachchhipur729 people
- Srikantapur726 people
- Banki Bheri653 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balaram Chak?741 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaram Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balaram Chak?88.2% (Census 2011)