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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Baligara

Baligara is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,458 people in 408 households**, the 20th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,458people (2011)
- 408households
- 61.3%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baligara

Of every 100 households in Baligara in 2011, 10 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baligara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****17%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**84%

Use banking services ****96%**

**44%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baligara?

■ Baligara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**934

Working population ****44.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 44.1% for women. 53% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 295 (27%) · **■** Marginal 674 (62%)

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

- Rudra2,659 people
- Simulia2,659 people
- Ramnagar2,589 people
- Bhandar Puara2,490 people
- Chirka2,398 people
- Balguma2,353 people
- Durku2,315 people
- Tentlo2,082 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baligara?2,458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baligara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baligara?61.3% (Census 2011)