# Balaharania Village, Kultali – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kultali, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Balaharania

Balaharania is a village in Kultali sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,363 people in 292 households**, the 38th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,363people (2011)
- 292households
- 70.5%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balaharania

Of every 100 households in Balaharania in 2011, 7 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Balaharania · ■ Kultali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**66%

Tap water ****25%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****52%**

**41%

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 Balaharania?

■ Balaharania · ■ Kultali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**977

Working population ****38.6%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 61.4% for women. 51% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (27%) · **■** Other work 54 (10%) · **■** Marginal 298 (57%)

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 Kultali

- Kaksaha2,157 people
- Kripakhali1,813 people
- Benimadhabpur1,796 people
- Purba Shyamnagar1,629 people
- Gangadharpur1,080 people
- Bhubaneshwari Char1,011 people
- Pachua Khali710 people
- Ambikanagar701 people

[All 46 villages in Kultali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kultali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balaharania?1,363 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaharania in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kultali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balaharania?70.5% (Census 2011)