Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur
# Balichuka Paschim

Balichuka Paschim is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,266 people in 253 households, the 85th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.
- 1,266 people (2011)
- 253 households
- 42.5% literacy
- 963 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balichuka Paschim

Of every 100 households in Balichuka Paschim in 2011, 36 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balichuka Paschim · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 36% 29%
- Toilet within the home 7% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 93% 87%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 51% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 82% 91%
- Use banking services 14% 20%
- Television 12% 8%
- Mobile phone 24% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 53% 35%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Balichuka Paschim?

■ Balichuka Paschim · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 42.5% 41.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 963 919
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 851 950
- Working population 35.8% 31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.9% for men and 34.1% for women. 50% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 25 (6%) · ■ Farm labourers 187 (41%) · ■ Other work 116 (26%) · ■ Marginal 125 (28%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Goalpokhar - I
- Kamatsabalpur 1,318 people
- Pharabari 1,299 people
- Konagachhi 1,281 people
- Dakaita 1,279 people
- Dangipara 1,252 people
- Majgaon 1,221 people
- Siripur 1,204 people
- Nargun 1,195 people

All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Balichuka Paschim? 1,266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balichuka Paschim in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balichuka Paschim? 42.5% (Census 2011)

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