# Balas Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Balas

Balas is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,771 people in 397 households**, the 38th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,771people (2011)
- 397households
- 65.6%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balas

Of every 100 households in Balas in 2011, 27 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balas · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**34%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**20%

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 Balas?

■ Balas · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**969

Working population ****41.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 56.3% for women. 53% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 256 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (25%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (6%) · **■** Marginal 248 (34%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Paligaon1,834 people
- Phulatti1,818 people
- Sintair1,811 people
- Nasirhat1,791 people
- Lakshmipur1,729 people
- Baruna1,721 people
- Khatsa1,697 people
- Purgram1,668 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balas?1,771 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balas in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balas?65.6% (Census 2011)