About Balapara Village

Balapara is a mid sized village in Sarthebari tehsil, in the district of Barpeta, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 816, made up of 405 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.23 hectares hectares.

Balapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapara village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Barpeta
Tehsil	Sarthebari
Area (hectares)	207.23 hectares
Population	816
Male Population	405
Female Population	411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapara compares

By the 2011 count Balapara is the 80th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,482 residents. Its 207.23 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Balapara

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

Balapara lies about 14 km from Barpeta, and the nearest railway station is Nizsariha Halt, about 27 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 Balapara
District headquarters	Barpeta	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarthebari	15 km
Nearest railway station	Nizsariha Halt	27 km

Villages closest to Balapara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sarthebari 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 Balapara

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapara village had a population of 816. That makes it the 80th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,482 residents.

Balapara village has 405 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapara has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Balapara covers 207.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balapara falls under Sarthebari tehsil of Barpeta district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balapara is Nizsariha Halt, about 27 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 Balapara.

Balapara is about 14 km from Barpeta in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapara is in Sarthebari tehsil of Barpeta district. Barpeta is about 14 km away. Sarthebari is about 15 km away. Nizsariha Halt is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.