# Bhaluka Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Bhaluka

Bhaluka is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **526 people in 106 households**, the 124th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 526people (2011)
- 106households
- 70.0%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhaluka

Of every 100 households in Bhaluka in 2011, 35 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhaluka · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****79%**

**50%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**21%

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 Bhaluka?

■ Bhaluka · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1163**

**937

Working population ****25.9%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 48.8% for women. 44% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 67 (49%) · **■** Marginal 65 (48%)

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

- Jiyalgoria559 people
- Mrigipahari557 people
- Maysaradi546 people
- Sarjujoria535 people
- Gopalpur524 people
- Sumaidi519 people
- Madhuapatra517 people
- Ulubera517 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhaluka?526 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhaluka in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhaluka?70.0% (Census 2011)