About Balihara Village

Balihara is a mid sized village in Raiganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 694, made up of 361 males and 333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balihara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balihara village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Raiganj
Pincode	733125
Area (hectares)	94.77 hectares
Population	694
Male Population	361
Female Population	333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balihara compares

By the 2011 count Balihara is the 175th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 94.77 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Balihara

Balihara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balihara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Balihara from other places

Balihara lies about 22 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Sudhani, 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 Balihara
Nearest railway station	Sudhani	under 2 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raiganj	29 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	29 km

Villages closest to Balihara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balihara village had a population of 694. That makes it the 175th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Balihara village has 361 males and 333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balihara has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Balihara is 733125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balihara covers 94.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balihara falls under Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Balihara is Sudhani, 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 - 10 km distance for Balihara.

Balihara is about 22 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balihara is in Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Sudhani is about under 2 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 22 km away. Raiganj is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.