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

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Belma

Belma is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,773 people in 536 households**, the 13th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,773people (2011)
- 536households
- 66.2%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belma

Of every 100 households in Belma in 2011, 16 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Belma · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****26%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Belma?

■ Belma · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**966

Working population ****53.3%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 50.7% for women. 55% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (6%) · **■** Household industry 34 (2%) · **■** Other work 424 (29%) · **■** Marginal 792 (54%)

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

- Palanja3,142 people
- Golamara2,954 people
- Bhangra2,824 people
- Chainpur2,785 people
- Naudiha2,765 people
- Pithajora2,717 people
- Golkunra2,703 people
- Pirargarya2,664 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belma?2,773 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belma in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belma?66.2% (Census 2011)