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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
MK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MAYABATI KARMAKAR
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- LGD code
- 325481
- Pincode
- 712138
- Post office
- Khalisani
- Population
- 812
- Households
- 208
- Literacy rate
- 77.5%
- Sex ratio
- 995 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 368
- Distance to district centre
- 23 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 34 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1192 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mankundu · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dishari (Esopd and Maternity Home) · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balitipa compares
By population, Balitipa ranks #80 of 100 villages in Singur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.5%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Balitipa
- 77.5%
- Singur mandal
- 75.9%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
995
+23 vs mandal average
- Balitipa
- 995
- Singur mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Balitipa
- 3.9
- Singur mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balitipa at a glance
Balitipa is a village of 812 people in 208 households (Census 2011) in Singur block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 80th-largest of 100 villages in Singur block. Literacy is 78%, 2 points above the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 995 women per 1,000 men. It lies 23 km from the Hooghly district centre, 12 km from Bara Kamalapur, the nearest town, 5 km from Mankundu railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712138, served by Khalisani post office; the LGD village code is 325481. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dishari (Esopd and Maternity Home), 5 km away. The sarpanch is MAYABATI KARMAKAR, and the village votes in Singur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arup Kumar Das. The population is estimated at 908 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bainchipota →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balitipa · this village | 812 | 78% | — |
| Khoshalpur · Singur | 632 | 77% | 0.6 km E |
| Bahir Ranagachha · Polba - Dadpur | 401 | 69% | 1 km NE |
| Ugly · Polba - Dadpur | 1,352 | 78% | 1.5 km W |
| Ranagachha · Polba - Dadpur | 654 | 79% | 1.6 km N |
| Dhopaghata · Singur | 2,007 | 78% | 2 km W |
| Dubir Bheri · Polba - Dadpur | 2,862 | 71% | 2.4 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balitipa
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- 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
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 114.41
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 97.83
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balitipa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balitipa
- LGD code
- 325481
- Pincode
- 712138
- Post office
- Khalisani
- Population (Census 2011)
- 812
- Population (projected 2026)
- 908
- Households
- 208
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 995
- Literacy rate
- 77.5%
- Coordinates
- 22.87082°N, 88.30456°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hooghly
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Singur
- Member of Parliament
- Rachana Banerjee
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arup Kumar Das
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MAYABATI KARMAKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Singur
Getting there
How to reach Balitipa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata34 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1192 km
- Delhi1281 km
- Chennai1380 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMankundu5 km
- Bus stopAlinagar5 km
- Hospital / PHCDishari (Esopd and Maternity Home)5 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India9 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum8 km
- CollegeChandernagore College7 km
- Police stationNaihati Police Station11 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712138
Villages near Balitipa
Other villages in Singur mandal
View all 60+ →- Bara Kamalapur
- Gopalnagar
- Beraberi
- Atisara
- Pahlanpur
- Mirzapur-Bakipur
- Dewan Bheri
- Bighati
- Basubati
- Shibrambati
- Daluigachha
- Bainchipota
- Ramnagar
- Anandanagar
- Srirampur
- Baje Melia
- Khordaapurbapur
- Mollasimla
- Chhinamor
- Nanda
- Gandarpukur
- Mamudpur
- Noapara
- Kamar Kundu
- Bhola
- Haripur
- Baburbheri
- Gobindapur
- Jhakari
- Madhya Hijli
- Dhitara
- Diara
- Gourangapur
- Rajarambati
- Bagdanga
- Baharampur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)