About Balichua Village

Balichua is a mid sized village in Binpur II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 693, made up of 342 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balichua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balichua village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Binpur II
Pincode	721507
Area (hectares)	267.14 hectares
Population	693
Male Population	342
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Balichua compares

By the 2011 count Balichua is the 54th largest of the 379 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 391 residents. Its 267.14 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Balichua

Balichua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balichua as Available within 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balichua from other places

Balichua lies about 13 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Balichak, 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 Balichua
Nearest railway station	Balichak	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Binpur II	13 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	13 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	24 km

Villages closest to Balichua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balichua village had a population of 693. That makes it the 54th largest of the 379 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 391 residents.

Balichua village has 342 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balichua has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Balichua is 721507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balichua covers 267.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balichua falls under Binpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balichua is Balichak, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balichua.

Balichua is about 13 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balichua is in Binpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Balichak is about under 2 km away. Binpur II is about 13 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.