About Balarampur Village

Balarampur is a small village in Arsha tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 65 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723201, 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	Puruliya
Tehsil	Arsha
Pincode	723201
Area (hectares)	70.82 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	65
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,108
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balarampur compares

By the 2011 count Balarampur is the 91st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,629 residents. Its 70.82 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Balarampur

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

Balarampur lies about 30 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Barabhum, 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 town	Balarāmpur	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Barabhum	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arsha	26 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	30 km

Villages closest to Balarampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balarampur village had a population of 137. That makes it the 91st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,629 residents.

Balarampur village has 65 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balarampur has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Balarampur is 723201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balarampur covers 70.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balarampur falls under Arsha tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balarampur is Barabhum, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balarampur.

Balarampur is about 30 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balarampur is in Arsha tehsil of Puruliya district. Balarāmpur is about under 2 km away. Barabhum is about under 2 km away. Arsha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.