The sex ratio was 744 females per 1000 males, which may be due to the large number of migrant labours who inhabit the municipality to work in the industries in Bally and nearby areas of Liluah and Belur.

[10] Languages spoken in Bally city (2011)[11] On 14 August 2015 a sub-assistant engineer of the municipality was arrested after an investigation by the State Anti Corruption Bureau and the police recovered cash worth ₹20.07 crore, post office deposits of ₹58 lakh and jewellery worth ₹14 lakh from his house.

[7][8][9] This merger was a brainchild of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to allow planned and organized development in Howrah to transform it into a megacity.

The residents of Bally had to travel 8 kilometres in order to get their civic and municipal works done.

[14] However, it was decided that the polls in Bally Municipality would not be conducted on December 19, 2021, along with HMC and KMC elections.

[18][19] The Sub-divisional Officer, Howrah Sadar, has been appointed as the Administrator in the Bally Municipality with effect from 12 November 2021.

[21][22][23][24] Finally on 23 December, the State Election Commission of West Bengal informed the Calcutta High Court that Dhankhar had signed the bill.