About Balapathar Village

Balapathar is a large village in Kalgachia tehsil, in the district of Barpeta, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,924, made up of 2,050 males and 1,874 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344.36 hectares hectares.

Balapathar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapathar village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Barpeta
Tehsil	Kalgachia
Area (hectares)	344.36 hectares
Population	3,924
Male Population	2,050
Female Population	1,874
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapathar compares

By the 2011 count Balapathar is the 8th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,960 residents. Its 344.36 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Balapathar

Balapathar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balapathar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balapathar from other places

Balapathar 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 Balapathar
District headquarters	Barpeta	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalgachia	16 km
Nearest railway station	Barpeta Road	28 km

Villages closest to Balapathar

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.

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Common questions about Balapathar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapathar village had a population of 3,924. That makes it the 8th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,960 residents.

Balapathar village has 2,050 males and 1,874 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapathar has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Balapathar covers 344.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balapathar falls under Kalgachia tehsil of Barpeta district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balapathar 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 village for Balapathar.

Balapathar 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.

Balapathar 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.