About Balapur Village

Balapur is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,425, made up of 736 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Tapan
Pincode	733127
Area (hectares)	136.45 hectares
Population	1,425
Male Population	736
Female Population	689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapur compares

By the 2011 count Balapur is the 45th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 136.45 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Balapur

Balapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balapur from other places

Balapur lies about 144 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 12 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 Balapur
Nearest railway station	Lohapur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tapan	15 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	20 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Dinajpur	144 km

Villages closest to Balapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapur village had a population of 1,425. That makes it the 45th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Balapur village has 736 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapur has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Balapur is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balapur covers 136.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balapur falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balapur is Lohapur, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balapur.

Balapur is about 144 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapur is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Lohapur is about 12 km away. Tapan is about 15 km away. Nalhāti is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.