About Baltia Village

Baltia is a mid sized village in Haroa tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 321 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baltia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baltia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Haroa
Pincode	743425
Area (hectares)	61.51 hectares
Population	612
Male Population	321
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
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 Baltia compares

By the 2011 count Baltia is the 80th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents. Its 61.51 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Baltia

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

Baltia lies about 56 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Shahid Khudiram, 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 Baltia
Nearest railway station	Shahid Khudiram	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rajpur Sonarpur	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Haroa	34 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	56 km

Villages closest to Baltia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baltia village had a population of 612. That makes it the 80th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,382 residents.

Baltia village has 321 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baltia has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Baltia is 743425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baltia covers 61.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Baltia falls under Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Baltia is Shahid Khudiram, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Baltia.

Baltia is about 56 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baltia is in Haroa tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Shahid Khudiram is about under 2 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 4.8 km away. Haroa is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.