# Balaigaon Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Balaigaon

Balaigaon is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,173 people in 480 households**, the 19th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 2,173people (2011)
- 480households
- 67.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balaigaon

Of every 100 households in Balaigaon in 2011, 11 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balaigaon · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****6%**

**16%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**27%

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 Balaigaon?

■ Balaigaon · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**955

Working population ****32.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 62.0% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 164 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (19%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 79 (11%) · **■** Marginal 331 (46%)

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 Hemtabad

- Baribari2,553 people
- Dadhikotbari2,507 people
- Samaspur2,297 people
- Dhoarai2,178 people
- Bamair1,983 people
- Dudhanda1,983 people
- Bhogram1,979 people
- Kalua1,887 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balaigaon?2,173 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaigaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balaigaon?67.3% (Census 2011)