# Boalia Village, Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Boalia

Boalia is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **637 people in 137 households**, the 99th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 637people (2011)
- 137households
- 87.5%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Boalia

Of every 100 households in Boalia in 2011, 7 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Boalia · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**10%

Tap water ****100%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****47%**

**38%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Boalia?

■ Boalia · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**934

Working population ****33.0%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 82.5% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (9%) · **■** Marginal 185 (88%)

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

- Sek Bar653 people
- Kuber Datta Bhera652 people
- Andulia649 people
- Manoharpur647 people
- Anantapur622 people
- Durgapur619 people
- Chau Dunia612 people
- Shyam Chak609 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 Boalia?637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Boalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Boalia?87.5% (Census 2011)