# Balchiar Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Balchiar

Balchiar is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,536 people in 316 households**, the 90th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,536people (2011)
- 316households
- 58.8%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balchiar

Of every 100 households in Balchiar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balchiar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****16%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**19%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**28%

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 Balchiar?

■ Balchiar · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**943

Working population ****31.3%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.2% for men and 47.6% for women. 48% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (37%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 86 (18%) · **■** Marginal 86 (18%)

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 Karandighi

- Pichhla1,563 people
- Sima Anandapur1,563 people
- Damdama1,552 people
- Khatrabari1,543 people
- Shikarpur1,499 people
- Alampur1,481 people
- Dhanpara1,445 people
- Borra1,433 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balchiar?1,536 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balchiar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balchiar?58.8% (Census 2011)