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About Balasi Village

Balasi is a large village in Mathabhanga I tehsil, in the district of Koch Bihar, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,008, made up of 1,578 males and 1,430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 450.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 736146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balasi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balasi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Koch Bihar
Tehsil Mathabhanga I
Pincode 736146
Area (hectares) 450.14 hectares
Population 3,008
Male Population 1,578
Female Population 1,430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 906
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balasi compares

By the 2011 count Balasi is the 25th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents. Its 450.14 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Balasi

Balasi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balasi as Available within 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 Asakbari Dwitiakhanda, Asakbari Pratham Khanda, Baisguri and Baksiganj. 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 Balasi

As per the Census of India 2011, Balasi village had a population of 3,008. That makes it the 25th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,160 residents.

Balasi village has 1,578 males and 1,430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balasi has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Balasi is 736146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balasi covers 450.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balasi falls under Mathabhanga I tehsil of Koch Bihar district in West Bengal.

The census record for Balasi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balasi.

Balasi is in Mathabhanga I tehsil of Koch Bihar 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 Balasi today is likely to be higher.

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