# Bhaluka Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Bhaluka

Bhaluka is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **303 people in 62 households**, the 81st largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 303people (2011)
- 62households
- 73.7%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaluka

Of every 100 households in Bhaluka in 2011, 36 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bhaluka · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****100%**

**39%

Television ****19%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**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 Bhaluka?

■ Bhaluka · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1467**

**939

Working population ****51.8%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 63.6% for women. 53% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 22 (14%) · **■** Marginal 127 (81%)

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

- Gobindapur438 people
- Baikunthapur Alias Samurdi368 people
- Moraidih350 people
- Arahansa313 people
- Domantar280 people
- Dandudi122 people
- Gobinddih121 people
- Mirmi119 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaluka?303 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaluka in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaluka?73.7% (Census 2011)