# Belua Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Belua

Belua is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,516 people in 339 households**, the 67th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,516people (2011)
- 339households
- 57.8%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belua

Of every 100 households in Belua in 2011, 27 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belua · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****21%**

**16%

Television ****9%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Belua?

■ Belua · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**955

Working population ****46.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 51.4% for women. 55% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 177 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 70 (10%) · **■** Marginal 230 (32%)

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 Itahar

- Asrafpur1,620 people
- Subarnapur1,616 people
- Koarpur1,559 people
- Digna1,558 people
- Shishai1,512 people
- Gopinathpur1,483 people
- Patirajpur1,458 people
- Kamalpur1,437 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belua?1,516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belua?57.8% (Census 2011)