About Balupur Village

Balupur is one of the larger villages in Ratua I tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10,808, made up of 5,704 males and 5,104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 990.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balupur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Maldah
Tehsil	Ratua I
Pincode	732205
Area (hectares)	990.27 hectares
Population	10,808
Male Population	5,704
Female Population	5,104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balupur compares

By the 2011 count Balupur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents. Its 990.27 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Balupur

Balupur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balupur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balupur from other places

Balupur lies about 26 km from Maldah, and the nearest railway station is Malahar, about 8.1 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 Balupur
Nearest railway station	Malahar	8.1 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ratua I	26 km
District headquarters	Maldah	26 km

Villages closest to Balupur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ratua I 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 Balupur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balupur village had a population of 10,808. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,921 residents.

Balupur village has 5,704 males and 5,104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balupur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Balupur is 732205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balupur covers 990.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balupur falls under Ratua I tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balupur is Malahar, about 8.1 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 village for Balupur.

Balupur is about 26 km from Maldah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balupur is in Ratua I tehsil of Maldah district. Malahar is about 8.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 24 km away. Ratua I is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.