# Balia Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Balia

Balia is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,526 people in 485 households**, the 20th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 2,526people (2011)
- 485households
- 55.9%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balia

Of every 100 households in Balia in 2011, 11 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balia · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****61%**

**50%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**31%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Balia?

■ Balia · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.9%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**987

Working population ****52.5%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 38.6% for women. 51% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 241 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (3%) · **■** Household industry 399 (30%) · **■** Other work 90 (7%) · **■** Marginal 554 (42%)

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 Arsha

- Ibirkola Alias Misirdi2,748 people
- Mudali2,715 people
- Upargugui2,656 people
- Aharara2,639 people
- Phasko2,458 people
- Upar Jambad2,426 people
- Jhujhka2,344 people
- Korarya2,198 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balia?2,526 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balia in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balia?55.9% (Census 2011)