# Arahansa Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Arahansa

Arahansa is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 58 households**, the 80th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 313people (2011)
- 58households
- 59.1%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arahansa

Of every 100 households in Arahansa in 2011, 30 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Arahansa · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**25%

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

**3%

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

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****95%**

**39%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Arahansa?

■ Arahansa · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**939

Working population ****60.4%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 50.0% for women. 62% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 104 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (45%)

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 Balarampur

- Detya501 people
- Gobindapur438 people
- Baikunthapur Alias Samurdi368 people
- Moraidih350 people
- Bhaluka303 people
- Domantar280 people
- Dandudi122 people
- Gobinddih121 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arahansa?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arahansa in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arahansa?59.1% (Census 2011)