# Baloi Jhaka Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baloi Jhaka

Baloi Jhaka is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,342 people in 624 households**, the 23rd largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 3,342people (2011)
- 624households
- 64.2%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baloi Jhaka

Of every 100 households in Baloi Jhaka in 2011, 4 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baloi Jhaka · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**20%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baloi Jhaka?

■ Baloi Jhaka · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**950

Working population ****32.0%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.5% for men and 57.9% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 362 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (9%) · **■** Household industry 46 (4%) · **■** Other work 80 (7%) · **■** Marginal 483 (45%)

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 Canning - I

- Badukalu3,542 people
- Nikarighata3,419 people
- Pangaskhali3,382 people
- Tetul Bana3,371 people
- Dumki3,309 people
- Hatamari3,191 people
- Hincha Khali3,106 people
- Dabu3,036 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baloi Jhaka?3,342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baloi Jhaka in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baloi Jhaka?64.2% (Census 2011)