About Balighari Village

Balighari is a mid sized village in Dhaniakhali tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,480, made up of 712 males and 768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balighari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balighari village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Dhaniakhali
Pincode	712303
Area (hectares)	127.52 hectares
Population	1,480
Male Population	712
Female Population	768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
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 Balighari compares

By the 2011 count Balighari is the 75th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 127.52 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Balighari

Balighari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balighari 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balighari from other places

Balighari lies about 21 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Rishra Railway Station, about 3.3 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 Balighari
Nearest railway station	Rishra Railway Station	3.3 km
Nearest town	Rishra	3.6 km
District headquarters	Hugli	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhaniakhali	34 km

Villages closest to Balighari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balighari village had a population of 1,480. That makes it the 75th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Balighari village has 712 males and 768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balighari has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Balighari is 712303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balighari covers 127.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balighari falls under Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balighari is Rishra Railway Station, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Balighari.

Balighari is about 21 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balighari is in Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district. Rishra Railway Station is about 3.3 km away. Rishra is about 3.6 km away. Hugli is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.