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About Balia Guri Village

Balia Guri is a small village in Jamboni tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 179 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Guri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia Guri village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jamboni
Pincode 721505
Area (hectares) 45.82 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 179
Female Population 181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balia Guri compares

By the 2011 count Balia Guri is the 95th largest of the 269 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 405 residents. Its 45.82 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Balia Guri

Balia Guri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balia Guri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Balia Guri from other places

Balia Guri lies about 87 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Dalbhumgarh, about 9.1 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 Balia Guri
Nearest railway station Dalbhumgarh 9.1 km
Nearest town Ghātsīla 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Jamboni 31 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 87 km

Villages closest to Balia Guri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jamboni 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 Balia Guri

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia Guri village had a population of 360. That makes it the 95th largest of the 269 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 405 residents.

Balia Guri village has 179 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia Guri has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Balia Guri is 721505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia Guri covers 45.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balia Guri falls under Jamboni tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balia Guri is Dalbhumgarh, about 9.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balia Guri.

Balia Guri is about 87 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia Guri is in Jamboni tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Dalbhumgarh is about 9.1 km away. Ghātsīla is about 15 km away. Jamboni is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belia Guri (under 2 km), Beliaguri (under 2 km) and Pariharpur (3.1 km).

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

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