About Balla Village

Balla is a small village in Kharagpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 170 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balla village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Kharagpur I
Pincode	721301
Area (hectares)	68.8 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	170
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balla compares

By the 2011 count Balla is the 152nd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 732 residents. Its 68.8 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Balla

Balla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balla 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 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baglaghati, Bagmari, Baishnabchak and Balarampur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balla

As per the Census of India 2011, Balla village had a population of 318. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 732 residents.

Balla village has 170 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balla has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

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

Balla covers 68.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Balla notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Balla.

Balla is in Kharagpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.