# Balguma Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Balguma

Balguma is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,353 people in 529 households**, the 22nd largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,353people (2011)
- 529households
- 93.0%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balguma

Of every 100 households in Balguma in 2011, 95 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 79 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 41 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Balguma · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**92%

Tap water ****40%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****79%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**84%

Use banking services ****96%**

**44%

Television ****88%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****41%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**22%

Own their home ****49%**

**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 Balguma?

■ Balguma · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**934

Working population ****34.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 88.1% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 619 (76%) · **■** Marginal 172 (21%)

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 Purulia - I

- Ramnagar2,589 people
- Bhandar Puara2,490 people
- Baligara2,458 people
- Chirka2,398 people
- Durku2,315 people
- Tentlo2,082 people
- Pandrama1,838 people
- Jeledi1,784 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balguma?2,353 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balguma in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balguma?93.0% (Census 2011)