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About Balisar Village

Balisar is a small village in Kolaghat tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 465, made up of 255 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balisar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balisar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Kolaghat
Pincode 721139
Area (hectares) 46.36 hectares
Population 465
Male Population 255
Female Population 210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 824
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balisar compares

By the 2011 count Balisar is the 97th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents. Its 46.36 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Balisar

Balisar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balisar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Arisanda, Babua, Bagicha Kumar Chak and Baishnab Chak. 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.

Common questions about Balisar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balisar village had a population of 465. That makes it the 97th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,230 residents.

Balisar village has 255 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balisar has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Balisar is 721139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balisar covers 46.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balisar falls under Kolaghat tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Balisar notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Balisar.

Balisar is in Kolaghat tehsil of Purba 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.

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

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