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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Balia

Balia is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,514 people in 456 households**, the 48th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,514people (2011)
- 456households
- 46.0%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balia

Of every 100 households in Balia in 2011, 16 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balia · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**60%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**28%

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 Balia?

■ Balia · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.0%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**943

Working population ****39.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.5% for men and 41.5% for women. 47% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 235 (23%) · **■** Household industry 76 (8%) · **■** Other work 239 (24%) · **■** Marginal 279 (28%)

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

- Barhans2,542 people
- Pachim Mohanpur2,541 people
- Parua2,533 people
- Alianagar2,527 people
- Bahangaon2,507 people
- Budhra2,465 people
- Mankaur2,463 people
- Singardaha2,425 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balia?2,514 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balia in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balia?46.0% (Census 2011)