# Balakdi Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Balakdi

Balakdi is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **982 people in 198 households**, the 46th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 982people (2011)
- 198households
- 72.9%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balakdi

Of every 100 households in Balakdi in 2011, 17 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balakdi · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**92%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****41%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Balakdi?

■ Balakdi · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**969

Working population ****62.0%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 62.3% for women. 64% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (5%) · **■** Marginal 557 (91%)

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 Puncha

- Agaya1,187 people
- Bhutam1,139 people
- Kundhurka1,121 people
- Gangadi999 people
- Panruda969 people
- Raghunathpur891 people
- Gagda852 people
- Sargara841 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balakdi?982 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balakdi in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balakdi?72.9% (Census 2011)