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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Baliara is a small village in Nanoor mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 833 across 210 households. It has the highest literacy rate among the listed villages at 76% and operates under PIN 731302.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RINKU SAHA
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- LGD code
- 317688
- Pincode
- 731302
- Post office
- Kirnahar
- Population
- 833
- Households
- 210
- Literacy rate
- 76%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 384
- Distance to district centre
- 260 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 226 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 106 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1123 km
- Nearest railway station
- Namkhana · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Moushini Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baliara compares
By population, Baliara ranks #96 of 136 villages in Nanoor mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.0%
+15.3% vs mandal average
- Baliara
- 76.0%
- Nanoor mandal
- 60.7%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+25 vs mandal average
- Baliara
- 974
- Nanoor mandal
- 949
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Baliara
- 4.0
- Nanoor mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baliara at a glance
Baliara is a village of 833 people in 210 households (Census 2011) in Nanoor block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 96th-largest of 136 villages in Nanoor block. Literacy is 76%, 15 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 260 km from the Birbhum district centre, 14 km from Gangasagar, the nearest town, 16 km from Namkhana railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731302, served by Kirnahar post office; the LGD village code is 317688. The nearest hospital or health centre is Moushini Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is RINKU SAHA, and the village votes in Nanoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bidhan Chandra Majhi. The population is estimated at 982 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baliara
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 183.93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 132
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baliara
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baliara
- LGD code
- 317688
- Pincode
- 731302
- Post office
- Kirnahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 833
- Population (projected 2026)
- 982
- Households
- 210
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 76.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.62699°N, 88.21220°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nanoor
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bidhan Chandra Majhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RINKU SAHA
- Block / Mandal
- Nanoor
Getting there
How to reach Baliara
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata106 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1123 km
- Chennai1269 km
- Delhi1352 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNamkhana16 km
- Hospital / PHCMoushini Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India28 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump28 km
- Police stationKakdwip Police Station27 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Baliara
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)