About Balapara Village

Balapara is a small village in Matia tehsil, in the district of Goalpara, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 258 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.33 hectares hectares.

Balapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapara village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Goalpara
Tehsil	Matia
Area (hectares)	34.33 hectares
Population	468
Male Population	258
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	814
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapara compares

By the 2011 count Balapara is the 126th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,527 residents. Its 34.33 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

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 5 - 10 km distance. 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 54 km from Goalpara, and the nearest railway station is Singra, about 5.6 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
Nearest railway station	Singra	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Matia	35 km
Nearest town	Barpeta	43 km
District headquarters	Goalpara	54 km

Villages closest to Balapara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Matia 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 468. That makes it the 126th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,527 residents.

Balapara village has 258 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapara has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Balapara covers 34.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balapara falls under Matia tehsil of Goalpara district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Balapara is Singra, about 5.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balapara.

Balapara is about 54 km from Goalpara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapara is in Matia tehsil of Goalpara district. Singra is about 5.6 km away. Matia is about 35 km away. Barpeta is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.