# Babua Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Babua

Babua is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **605 people in 133 households**, the 93rd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 605people (2011)
- 133households
- 91.9%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Babua

Of every 100 households in Babua in 2011, 86 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Babua · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**90%

Use banking services ****86%**

**44%

Television ****62%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Babua?

■ Babua · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.9%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****537**

**942

Working population ****33.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.5% for men and 86.0% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 91 (44%) · **■** Marginal 107 (52%)

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 Kolaghat

- Mecheda673 people
- Kaya Ayama Chak663 people
- Padampur621 people
- Ram Nagar620 people
- Chak Gopal576 people
- Uttar Sagarbar543 people
- Bankura Chak493 people
- Jagannathpur484 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Babua?605 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Babua in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Babua?91.9% (Census 2011)