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About Balia Chandi Village

Balia Chandi is a small village in Sainthia tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 456, made up of 236 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Chandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia Chandi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Sainthia
Pincode 731234
Area (hectares) 91.86 hectares
Population 456
Male Population 236
Female Population 220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balia Chandi compares

By the 2011 count Balia Chandi is the 150th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 862 residents. Its 91.86 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Balia Chandi

Balia Chandi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balia Chandi 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balia Chandi from other places

Balia Chandi lies about 9.0 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Adalpahari, about 2.6 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 Balia Chandi
Nearest railway station Adalpahari 2.6 km
District headquarters Birbhum 9.0 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sainthia 32 km

Villages closest to Balia Chandi

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

Common questions about Balia Chandi

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia Chandi village had a population of 456. That makes it the 150th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 862 residents.

Balia Chandi village has 236 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia Chandi has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Balia Chandi is 731234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia Chandi covers 91.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balia Chandi falls under Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balia Chandi is Adalpahari, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balia Chandi.

Balia Chandi is about 9.0 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia Chandi is in Sainthia tehsil of Birbhum district. Adalpahari is about 2.6 km away. Birbhum is about 9.0 km away. Rampur Hat is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barkenda (2.6 km), Paikpara (5.9 km) and Dumuria (6.3 km).

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

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