# Bally Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bally

Bally is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,234 people in 1,476 households**, the 12th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 6,234people (2011)
- 1,476households
- 79.6%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bally

Of every 100 households in Bally in 2011, 0 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bally · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****62%**

**35%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**51%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Bally?

■ Bally · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1021**

**981

Working population ****38.8%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 71.8% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 176 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 321 (13%) · **■** Household industry 23 (1%) · **■** Other work 392 (16%) · **■** Marginal 1,509 (62%)

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 Gosaba

- Arampur6,618 people
- Taranagar6,572 people
- Bijoynagar6,507 people
- Chimta6,332 people
- Kalidaspur5,724 people
- Amtali5,660 people
- Chandipur5,456 people
- Puinjali5,455 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bally?6,234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bally in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bally?79.6% (Census 2011)