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About Banka Boalia Village

Banka Boalia is a mid sized village in Chandipur tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,183, made up of 602 males and 581 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721659, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banka Boalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banka Boalia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Chandipur
Pincode 721659
Area (hectares) 106.49 hectares
Population 1,183
Male Population 602
Female Population 581
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 965
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banka Boalia compares

By the 2011 count Banka Boalia is the 50th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents. Its 106.49 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Banka Boalia

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

Banka Boalia lies about 72 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Garia, 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 Banka Boalia
Nearest railway station Garia under 2 km
Nearest town Rajpur Sonarpur 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandipur 12 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 72 km

Villages closest to Banka Boalia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chandipur 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 Banka Boalia

As per the Census of India 2011, Banka Boalia village had a population of 1,183. That makes it the 50th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,602 residents.

Banka Boalia village has 602 males and 581 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banka Boalia has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 928.

The pincode recorded for Banka Boalia is 721659. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banka Boalia covers 106.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Banka Boalia falls under Chandipur tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Banka Boalia is Garia, 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banka Boalia.

Banka Boalia is about 72 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banka Boalia is in Chandipur tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Garia is about under 2 km away. Rajpur Sonarpur is about 3.7 km away. Chandipur 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 Makarajpur (3.8 km), Dihi Kashimpur (5.7 km) and Dihipurluia (5.7 km).

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

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