About Balibhasa Village

Balibhasa is a small village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 233 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balibhasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balibhasa village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721135
Area (hectares)	178.74 hectares
Population	472
Male Population	233
Female Population	239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balibhasa compares

By the 2011 count Balibhasa is the 89th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 178.74 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 993.

Getting to Balibhasa

Balibhasa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balibhasa as Available within 5 - 10 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 Balibhasa from other places

Balibhasa lies about 85 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Joka, about 4.5 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 Balibhasa
Nearest railway station	Joka	4.5 km
Nearest town	Maheshtala	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	16 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	85 km

Villages closest to Balibhasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balibhasa village had a population of 472. That makes it the 89th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Balibhasa village has 233 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balibhasa has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Balibhasa is 721135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balibhasa covers 178.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balibhasa falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balibhasa is Joka, about 4.5 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balibhasa.

Balibhasa is about 85 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balibhasa is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Joka is about 4.5 km away. Maheshtala is about 11 km away. Sankrail is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.