# Baltora Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Baltora

Baltora is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,206 people in 604 households**, the 1st largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 3,206people (2011)
- 604households
- 64.8%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baltora

Of every 100 households in Baltora in 2011, 49 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baltora · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****22%**

**67%

Use banking services ****36%**

**52%

Television ****33%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

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 Baltora?

■ Baltora · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**973

Working population ****34.3%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 52.8% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 180 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (8%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 470 (43%) · **■** Marginal 341 (31%)

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 Santuri

- Shunuri2,963 people
- Santuri2,700 people
- Ramchandrapur2,648 people
- Muraddi2,321 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baltora?3,206 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baltora in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baltora?64.8% (Census 2011)