About Boalia Village

Boalia is a large village in Chanchal II tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,696, made up of 1,431 males and 1,265 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Boalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Boalia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Chanchal II
Pincode	732139
Area (hectares)	509.91 hectares
Population	2,696
Male Population	1,431
Female Population	1,265
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
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 Boalia compares

By the 2011 count Boalia is the 26th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,281 residents. Its 509.91 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Boalia

Boalia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Boalia 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 Boalia from other places

Boalia lies about 25 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Malahar, about 5.4 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 Boalia
Tehsil headquarters	Chanchal II	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Malahar	5.4 km
District headquarters	Maldah	25 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	33 km

Villages closest to Boalia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanchal II 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 Boalia

As per the Census of India 2011, Boalia village had a population of 2,696. That makes it the 26th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,281 residents.

Boalia village has 1,431 males and 1,265 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Boalia has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Boalia is 732139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Boalia covers 509.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Boalia falls under Chanchal II tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Boalia is Malahar, about 5.4 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 Boalia.

Boalia is about 25 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Boalia is in Chanchal II tehsil of Maldah district. Chanchal II is about 4.4 km away. Malahar is about 5.4 km away. Maldah is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.