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About Balla Village

Balla is a mid sized village in Raina I tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,743, made up of 870 males and 873 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713424, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balla village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Raina I
Pincode 713424
Area (hectares) 267.49 hectares
Population 1,743
Male Population 870
Female Population 873
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balla compares

By the 2011 count Balla is the 36th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,563 residents. Its 267.49 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Balla

Balla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balla 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Babarakpur, Baharampur, Bajitpur and Balagar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balla

As per the Census of India 2011, Balla village had a population of 1,743. That makes it the 36th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,563 residents.

Balla village has 870 males and 873 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balla has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Balla is 713424. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balla covers 267.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balla falls under Raina I tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The census record for Balla notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Balla.

Balla is in Raina I tehsil of Barddhaman district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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