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About Balarampur Village

Balarampur is a small village in Hariharpara tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 240 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balarampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balarampur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Hariharpara
Pincode 742165
Area (hectares) 81.58 hectares
Population 462
Male Population 240
Female Population 222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
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 Balarampur compares

By the 2011 count Balarampur is the 52nd largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,683 residents. Its 81.58 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Balarampur

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

Balarampur lies about 9.0 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Berhampore Court, about 2.1 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 Balarampur
Nearest town Baharampur under 2 km
Nearest railway station Berhampore Court 2.1 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Hariharpara 22 km

Villages closest to Balarampur

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

Common questions about Balarampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balarampur village had a population of 462. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,683 residents.

Balarampur village has 240 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balarampur has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Balarampur is 742165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balarampur covers 81.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balarampur falls under Hariharpara tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balarampur is Berhampore Court, about 2.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balarampur.

Balarampur is about 9.0 km from Murshidabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balarampur is in Hariharpara tehsil of Murshidabad district. Baharampur is about under 2 km away. Berhampore Court is about 2.1 km away. Murshidabad is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharampur (under 2 km), Hariharpara (22 km) and Char Bhagirathpur (26 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balarampur today is likely to be higher.

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