# Detya Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Detya

Detya is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **501 people in 94 households**, the 76th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 501people (2011)
- 94households
- 78.8%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Detya

Of every 100 households in Detya in 2011, 36 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Detya · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**97%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**89%

Use banking services ****70%**

**39%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Detya?

■ Detya · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**939

Working population ****39.3%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 64.2% for women. 54% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (8%) · **■** Other work 160 (81%) · **■** Marginal 13 (7%)

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

- Shyam Nagar538 people
- Deuli531 people
- Benryadi529 people
- Murugora529 people
- Gobindapur438 people
- Baikunthapur Alias Samurdi368 people
- Moraidih350 people
- Arahansa313 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Detya?501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Detya in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Detya?78.8% (Census 2011)