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About Balai Pathar Village

Balai Pathar is a large village in Kalgachia tehsil, in the district of Barpeta, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,365, made up of 2,208 males and 2,157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.39 hectares hectares.

Balai Pathar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balai Pathar village
Description Value
State Assam
District Barpeta
Tehsil Kalgachia
Area (hectares) 367.39 hectares
Population 4,365
Male Population 2,208
Female Population 2,157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 977
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balai Pathar compares

By the 2011 count Balai Pathar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,960 residents. Its 367.39 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Balai Pathar

Balai Pathar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balai Pathar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balai Pathar from other places

Balai Pathar lies about 8.8 km from Barpeta, and the nearest railway station is Barpeta Road, about 28 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balai Pathar
District headquarters Barpeta 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalgachia 16 km
Nearest railway station Barpeta Road 28 km

Villages closest to Balai Pathar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalgachia tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Balai Pathar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balai Pathar village had a population of 4,365. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,960 residents.

Balai Pathar village has 2,208 males and 2,157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balai Pathar has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

Balai Pathar covers 367.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balai Pathar falls under Kalgachia tehsil of Barpeta district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balai Pathar is Barpeta Road, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balai Pathar.

Balai Pathar is about 8.8 km from Barpeta in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balai Pathar is in Kalgachia tehsil of Barpeta district. Barpeta is about 8.8 km away. Kalgachia is about 16 km away. Barpeta Road is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balapathar (under 2 km), Sawrachar Gaon Sewrachera Gaon (3.9 km) and Digjani (12 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balai Pathar today is likely to be higher.

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