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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Baligara

Baligara is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,731 people in 341 households**, the 35th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,731people (2011)
- 341households
- 71.0%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baligara

Of every 100 households in Baligara in 2011, 19 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baligara · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****12%**

**41%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1308**

**966

Working population ****41.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 55.6% for women. 55% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 33 (5%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 102 (14%) · **■** Marginal 534 (74%)

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

- Balarampur1,972 people
- Chakirban1,945 people
- Kandhurka Alias Bhabanipur1,873 people
- Mahudal Bazar1,767 people
- Kolbandh1,731 people
- Tatari1,696 people
- Kushtuka1,673 people
- Chirumacha1,615 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baligara?1,731 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baligara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baligara?71.0% (Census 2011)