About Balichara Village

Balichara is a small village in Polba Dadpur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 209 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.76 hectares hectares.

Balichara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balichara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Hugli
Tehsil	Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares)	107.76 hectares
Population	437
Male Population	209
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balichara compares

By the 2011 count Balichara is the 170th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 107.76 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Balichara

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

Balichara lies about 30 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Bally Halt, 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 Balichara
Nearest town	Bāli	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Bally Halt	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Polba Dadpur	30 km
District headquarters	Hugli	30 km

Villages closest to Balichara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Polba Dadpur 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 Balichara

As per the Census of India 2011, Balichara village had a population of 437. That makes it the 170th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Balichara village has 209 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balichara has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Balichara covers 107.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balichara falls under Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balichara is Bally Halt, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balichara.

Balichara is about 30 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balichara is in Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district. Bāli is about under 2 km away. Bally Halt is about under 2 km away. Polba Dadpur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.