# Baliara Village, Namkhana – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Baliara

Baliara is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,672 people in 1,746 households**, the 2nd largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 8,672people (2011)
- 1,746households
- 81.1%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baliara

Of every 100 households in Baliara in 2011, 0 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baliara · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**26%

Tap water ****8%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**90%

Use banking services ****17%**

**41%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

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

**37%

Own their home ****91%**

**92%

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 Baliara?

■ Baliara · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**85.7%

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

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**959

Working population ****31.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 75.0% for women. 51% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 676 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 558 (21%) · **■** Household industry 58 (2%) · **■** Other work 617 (23%) · **■** Marginal 808 (30%)

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 Namkhana

- Narayanpur12,201 people
- Rajnagar Srinathgram8,293 people
- Haripur7,842 people
- Dwariknagar7,733 people
- Bishalakshmipur7,439 people

[All 39 villages in Namkhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/namkhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baliara?8,672 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baliara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baliara?81.1% (Census 2011)