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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Balisar

Balisar is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **465 people in 112 households**, the 100th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 465people (2011)
- 112households
- 90.5%literacy
- 824females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balisar

Of every 100 households in Balisar in 2011, 87 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balisar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**90%

Use banking services ****19%**

**44%

Television ****35%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Balisar?

■ Balisar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.5%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****824**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****588**

**942

Working population ****37.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 83.2% for women. 54% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (9%) · **■** Household industry 43 (25%) · **■** Other work 39 (22%) · **■** Marginal 28 (16%)

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

- Bankura Chak493 people
- Jagannathpur484 people
- Bara Barisha475 people
- Chandpur472 people
- Barada Nankar407 people
- Barisha372 people
- Sridhar Basan351 people
- Bishnubar238 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balisar?465 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balisar in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balisar?90.5% (Census 2011)