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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Belua

Belua is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **865 people in 168 households**, the 144th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 865people (2011)
- 168households
- 52.6%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belua

Of every 100 households in Belua in 2011, 29 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Belua · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****100%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****35%**

**19%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Belua?

■ Belua · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.6%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**943

Working population ****32.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 47.7% for women. 45% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 43 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (77%) · **■** Other work 15 (5%) · **■** Marginal 7 (2%)

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

- Paschim Mahespur906 people
- Gobindapur875 people
- Salampur872 people
- Bazitpur865 people
- Kurigaon859 people
- Daluakhari836 people
- Bhatbar829 people
- Bhandarbarigachi827 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belua?865 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Belua?52.6% (Census 2011)