# Ballok Village, Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Ballok

Ballok is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,565 people in 805 households**, the 16th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 3,565people (2011)
- 805households
- 88.4%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ballok

Of every 100 households in Ballok in 2011, 69 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ballok · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**21%

Tap water ****20%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**89%

Use banking services ****33%**

**38%

Television ****34%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Ballok?

■ Ballok · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1127**

**955

Working population ****40.2%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 82.9% for women. 62% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (7%) · **■** Household industry 60 (4%) · **■** Other work 717 (50%) · **■** Marginal 504 (35%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Shirui3,859 people
- Soya Dighi3,674 people
- Hurinan3,653 people
- Barasati3,581 people
- Dakshin Usatpur3,409 people
- Sabalara3,393 people
- Uttar Usatpur3,167 people
- Dumra2,993 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ballok?3,565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ballok in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ballok?88.4% (Census 2011)