Village · Deshopran, Purba Medinipur
# Balu Bar

Balu Bar is a village in Deshopran sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 725 people in 146 households, the 93rd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.6%.
- 725 people (2011)
- 146 households
- 86.2% literacy
- 975 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balu Bar

Of every 100 households in Balu Bar in 2011, 70 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balu Bar · ■ Deshopran rural average
- Electricity for lighting 70% 34%
- Toilet within the home 75% 89%
- No toilet (open defecation) 25% 9%
- Tap water 21% 17%
- Drinking water within premises 4% 7%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 88%
- Use banking services 7% 35%
- Television 21% 12%
- Mobile phone 52% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 18% 30%
- Own their home 95% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Balu Bar?

■ Balu Bar · ■ Deshopran rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.2% 88.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 975 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1697 949
- Working population 32.6% 37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.2% for men and 76.2% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 17 (7%) · ■ Farm labourers 78 (33%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 133 (56%) · ■ Marginal 6 (3%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Deshopran
- Champainagar 773 people
- Sarsa 759 people
- Nankar Gopinathpur 758 people
- Sikdar Chak 739 people
- Dakshin Murabanya 722 people
- Dakshin Deulpota 718 people
- Kalikakumary 707 people
- Baghapur 699 people

All 168 villages in Deshopran

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Balu Bar? 725 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balu Bar in? Purba Medinipur district (Deshopran sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balu Bar? 86.2% (Census 2011)

---
Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/deshopran/balu-bar/ · Updated 2026-11-03 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.