Balsi Purbapara | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Balsi Purbapara Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Balsi Purbapara Balsi Purbapara (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°09′35″N87°33′06″E / 23.1597°N 87.5517°E /23.1597; 87.5517 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,516 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 722206 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03244 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bishnupur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Indas |
| Website | bankura |
Balsi Purbapara is a village in thePatrasayerCD block in theBishnupur subdivision of theBankura district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Balsi Purbapara is located at23°09′35″N87°33′06″E / 23.1597°N 87.5517°E /23.1597; 87.5517.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the2011 Census of India, Balsi Purbapara had a total population of 1,516, of which 1767 (51%) were males and 749 (49%) were females. There were 155 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Balsi Purbapara was 1,002 (73.62% of the population over 6 years).[1]
Balsi High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1945. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 5 computers, a library with 2,000 books and a playground.[2]
Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya was established in 2005 atPatrasayer[3][4]
David J. McCutchion mentions the Vishnu temple as a good example of 19th century terracotta decorated standard ‘Birbhum-Bardhaman’ type Bengaldeul. He also mentions a Lakshmi Narayana temple with a low toweredat-chala built of laterite with stucco work in 1652, another low toweredat-chala, a pancharatna dolamancha and anek-ratna rasmancha.[5]
There is aprimary health centre at Balsi, with 10 beds.[6]
