# Bhalagara Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Bhalagara

Bhalagara is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,746 people in 326 households**, the 35th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 1,746people (2011)
- 326households
- 69.5%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhalagara

Of every 100 households in Bhalagara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhalagara · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**79%

Use banking services ****6%**

**47%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**20%

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 Bhalagara?

■ Bhalagara · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**968

Working population ****26.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 58.1% for women. 51% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (22%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 95 (21%) · **■** Marginal 143 (31%)

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

- Rautara1,870 people
- Parasiri1,837 people
- Ramkrishnapur alias Nutandi1,821 people
- Bamanbad1,796 people
- Tadgram1,709 people
- Patpur1,557 people
- Bagalmari1,552 people
- Parbahal1,542 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhalagara?1,746 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhalagara in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bhalagara?69.5% (Census 2011)