Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya
# Balia Pathar

Balia Pathar is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 798 people in 123 households, the 67th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.
- 798 people (2011)
- 123 households
- 59.6% literacy
- 1,020 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balia Pathar

Of every 100 households in Balia Pathar in 2011, 2 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balia Pathar · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 2% 31%
- Toilet within the home 0% 7%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 92%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 84%
- Use banking services 2% 44%
- Television 3% 16%
- Mobile phone 22% 32%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 10% 22%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Balia Pathar?

■ Balia Pathar · ■ Purulia - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.6% 64.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1020 943
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1130 934
- Working population 55.8% 41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 41.8% for women. 56% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Farm labourers 27 (6%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 6 (1%) · ■ Marginal 411 (92%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purulia - I
- Chandradi 837 people
- Gurpa 821 people
- Sidpur 818 people
- Sundradi 801 people
- Tangida 753 people
- Kantasiari 750 people
- Matkumdi 745 people
- Phatepur 736 people

All 114 villages in Purulia - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Balia Pathar? 798 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balia Pathar in? Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balia Pathar? 59.6% (Census 2011)

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