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About Balarampur Village

Balarampur is a small village in Pingla tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 290, made up of 140 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721140, 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 Pingla
Pincode 721140
Area (hectares) 51.86 hectares
Population 290
Male Population 140
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balarampur compares

By the 2011 count Balarampur is the 145th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,113 residents. Its 51.86 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Balarampur

Balarampur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balarampur as Available within 5 - 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 Balarampur from other places

Balarampur lies about 6.2 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
District headquarters Paschim Medinipur 6.2 km
Nearest town Kharagpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Pingla 18 km

Villages closest to Balarampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pingla 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 290. That makes it the 145th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,113 residents.

Balarampur village has 140 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balarampur has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Balarampur is 721140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balarampur covers 51.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balarampur falls under Pingla 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 10+ km distance.

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

Balarampur is about 6.2 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 Pingla tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Madpur is about under 2 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 6.2 km away. Kharagpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Ghanashyam (12 km), Chak Krishnadas (12 km) and Paikar Raut Chak (12 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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