# Balichasa Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/balichasa/

Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Balichasa

Balichasa is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **934 people in 170 households**, the 68th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 934people (2011)
- 170households
- 61.4%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balichasa

Of every 100 households in Balichasa in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balichasa · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****8%**

**47%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**20%

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 Balichasa?

■ Balichasa · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**968

Working population ****41.8%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 46.0% for women. 52% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 139 (36%) · **■** Other work 18 (5%) · **■** Marginal 214 (55%)

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 Para

- Anantapur1,007 people
- Pirma1,003 people
- Sharbarya999 people
- Dumardiha965 people
- Udaypur933 people
- Malanchadi917 people
- Churmi899 people
- Layara891 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balichasa?934 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balichasa in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balichasa?61.4% (Census 2011)