Balsa is a village in Rampurhat-II mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, located at 24.220°N, 87.941°E. It has a population of 1,312 distributed across 383 households, with a literacy rate of 55.1%. The village's postal code is 731241.
By population, Balsa ranks #44 of 93 villages in Rampurhat - II mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balsa is a village of 1,312 people in 383 households (Census 2011) in Rampurhat - II block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 44th-largest of 93 villages in Rampurhat - II block. Literacy is 55%, 6 points below the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 964 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Birbhum district centre, 7 km from Panchgram, the nearest town, 9 km from Lohapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731241, served by Chandpara post office; the LGD village code is 316476. The nearest hospital or health centre is Bhadrapur Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is REKHA MAL, and the village votes in Burwan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sukhen Kumar Bagdi. The population is estimated at 1,468 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balsa · this village | 1,312 | 55% | — |
| Gopagram · Nalhati - I | 1,593 | 66% | 2.9 km NW |
| Shilgram · Rampurhat - II | 2,370 | 67% | 3.3 km SW |
| Pakha · Chhatarpur | 54 | 63% | 3.4 km NW |
| Pakha · Nalhati - I | 1,343 | 63% | 3.4 km NW |
| Bara Chauki · Rampurhat - II | 627 | 59% | 3.6 km W |
| Shimalandi · Nalhati - II | 2,902 | 60% | 4.5 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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