About Balapara Village

Balapara is a small village in Mawshynrut tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 98 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapara village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawshynrut
Pincode	793120
Population	184
Male Population	98
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapara compares

By the 2011 count Balapara is the 151st largest of the 311 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 235 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Balapara

Balapara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balapara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Balapara from other places

Balapara lies about 35 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Singra, about 11 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	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mawshynrut	28 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	35 km
Nearest town	Nongstoin	42 km

Villages closest to Balapara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawshynrut 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 184. That makes it the 151st largest of the 311 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 235 residents.

Balapara village has 98 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapara has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Balapara is 793120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balapara falls under Mawshynrut tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Balapara is Singra, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balapara.

Balapara is about 35 km from West Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapara is in Mawshynrut tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Singra is about 11 km away. Mawshynrut is about 28 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.