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About Balti Village

Balti is a large village in Swarupnagar tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,407, made up of 2,226 males and 2,181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743273, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balti village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Swarupnagar
Pincode 743273
Area (hectares) 164.3 hectares
Population 4,407
Male Population 2,226
Female Population 2,181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balti compares

By the 2011 count Balti is the 20th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,873 residents. Its 164.3 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Balti

Balti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balti as Available within <5 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 Balti from other places

Balti lies about 16 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Gobardanga Railway Station, about 20 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 Balti
Tehsil headquarters Swarupnagar 11 km
District headquarters North Twenty Four Parganas 16 km
Nearest town Badūria 18 km
Nearest railway station Gobardanga Railway Station 20 km

Villages closest to Balti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balti village had a population of 4,407. That makes it the 20th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,873 residents.

Balti village has 2,226 males and 2,181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balti has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Balti is 743273. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balti covers 164.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balti falls under Swarupnagar tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balti is Gobardanga Railway Station, about 20 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balti.

Balti is about 16 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.

Balti is in Swarupnagar tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Swarupnagar is about 11 km away. North Twenty Four Parganas is about 16 km away. Badūria is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chituri (under 2 km), Bayar Ghata (2.3 km) and Nabat Kati (2.4 km).

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

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