# Balarampur Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Balarampur

Balarampur is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,972 people in 345 households**, the 31st largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,972people (2011)
- 345households
- 54.0%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balarampur

Of every 100 households in Balarampur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balarampur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**84%

Use banking services ****33%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Balarampur?

■ Balarampur · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.0%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**966

Working population ****27.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 40.5% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 75 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 248 (45%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 173 (32%) · **■** Marginal 48 (9%)

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 - II

- Gengra2,181 people
- Baikata2,124 people
- Jambad2,115 people
- Jalika2,044 people
- Chakirban1,945 people
- Kandhurka Alias Bhabanipur1,873 people
- Mahudal Bazar1,767 people
- Baligara1,731 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balarampur?1,972 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balarampur in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balarampur?54.0% (Census 2011)