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About Balarampur Village

Balarampur is a mid sized village in Kharagpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,133, made up of 555 males and 578 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721301, 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 Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur I
Pincode 721301
Area (hectares) 152.98 hectares
Population 1,133
Male Population 555
Female Population 578
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balarampur compares

By the 2011 count Balarampur is the 38th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 152.98 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

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 <5 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 5.8 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Madpur, 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 Balarampur
Nearest railway station Madpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharagpur I 5.8 km
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 5.8 km
Nearest town Kharagpur 12 km

Villages closest to Balarampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharagpur I 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 1,133. That makes it the 38th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Balarampur village has 555 males and 578 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balarampur has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Balarampur is 721301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balarampur covers 152.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balarampur falls under Kharagpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balarampur is Madpur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 5.8 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balarampur is in Kharagpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Madpur is about under 2 km away. Kharagpur I is about 5.8 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 5.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narayanpur (8.5 km), Ramnarayanpur (8.5 km) and Rupnarayanpur (8.5 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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