# Bhalagara Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Bhalagara

Bhalagara is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,046 people in 378 households**, the 18th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,046people (2011)
- 378households
- 68.1%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhalagara

Of every 100 households in Bhalagara in 2011, 24 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhalagara · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****32%**

**50%

Television ****30%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**21%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Bhalagara?

■ Bhalagara · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**937

Working population ****36.9%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 54.0% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 162 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (16%) · **■** Household industry 37 (5%) · **■** Other work 144 (19%) · **■** Marginal 288 (38%)

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 Kashipur

- Gourangadih2,246 people
- Mehi2,240 people
- Kalidaha2,110 people
- Makhyada2,086 people
- Bar-Ahartor1,991 people
- Uparra1,836 people
- Daulatpur1,788 people
- Pabra1,772 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhalagara?2,046 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhalagara in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhalagara?68.1% (Census 2011)