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About Balihara Village

Balihara is a mid sized village in Harirampur tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,862, made up of 964 males and 898 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.94 hectares hectares.

Balihara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balihara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Harirampur
Area (hectares) 124.94 hectares
Population 1,862
Male Population 964
Female Population 898
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balihara compares

By the 2011 count Balihara is the 18th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 124.94 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Balihara

Balihara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balihara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bahirdhanjor, Bairhatta, Baje Banagram and Baje Chahatpur. 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 Balihara

As per the Census of India 2011, Balihara village had a population of 1,862. That makes it the 18th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Balihara village has 964 males and 898 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balihara has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Balihara covers 124.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balihara falls under Harirampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Balihara notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balihara.

Balihara is in Harirampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur 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 Balihara today is likely to be higher.

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