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

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Balufara

Balufara is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,177 people in 270 households**, the 45th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,177people (2011)
- 270households
- 61.0%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balufara

Of every 100 households in Balufara in 2011, 18 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balufara · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****36%**

**16%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**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 Balufara?

■ Balufara · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**955

Working population ****42.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 57.6% for women. 54% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (28%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 47 (9%) · **■** Marginal 179 (36%)

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

- Giashil1,282 people
- Baharail1,243 people
- Atkara1,218 people
- Asmanhat1,208 people
- Krishnabati1,148 people
- Darimanpur1,135 people
- Patair1,132 people
- Bamra1,114 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balufara?1,177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balufara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balufara?61.0% (Census 2011)