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About Balarampur Village

Balarampur is a small village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 448, made up of 218 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balarampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balarampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kushmundi
Pincode 733132
Area (hectares) 149.16 hectares
Population 448
Male Population 218
Female Population 230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,055
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 Balarampur compares

By the 2011 count Balarampur is the 153rd largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 149.16 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Balarampur

Balarampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balarampur 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balarampur from other places

Balarampur lies about 2.4 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Rampur Bazar, about under 2 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 Balarampur
Nearest railway station Rampur Bazar under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kushmundi 2.4 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 2.4 km
Nearest town Gangārāmpur 12 km

Villages closest to Balarampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balarampur village had a population of 448. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Balarampur village has 218 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balarampur has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Balarampur is 733132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balarampur covers 149.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balarampur falls under Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balarampur is Rampur Bazar, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balarampur.

Balarampur is about 2.4 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balarampur is in Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Rampur Bazar is about under 2 km away. Kushmundi is about 2.4 km away. Dakshin Dinajpur is about 2.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abhirampur (under 2 km), Arazi Shrirampur (under 2 km) and Birampur (under 2 km).

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

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