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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Balarambati
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Census Town
| image_skyline =
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.8215|N|88.2174|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
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| founder =
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 5,068
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 03214
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Haripal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haripal]]
| website = {{URL|hooghly.gov.in/}}
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'''Balarambati''' is a [[census town]] in [[Singur (community development block)|Singur]] CD Block in [[Chandannagore subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
| width=330| height=300| zoom=10
| coord={{coord|22|54|10|N|88|13|40|E}}| float=left|caption='''Cities and towns in the Chandannagore subdivision and Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision in Hooghly district'''<br/>M: municipal corporation/ municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, <br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
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|mark-coord2={{coord|22|49|50|N|88|20|44|E}} | label-pos2=right|label2=Bhadreswar| numbered2=M| mark-title2= [[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]] (M)
|mark-coord3={{coord|22|48|40|N|88|20|35|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3=Champdani| numbered3=M| mark-title3= [[Champdani]] (M)
|mark-coord4={{coord|22|53|20|N|88|0|54|E}} | label-pos4=right|label4=Tarakeswar| numbered4=M| mark-title4= [[Tarakeswar]] (M)
|mark-coord5={{coord|22|50|10|N|88|10|43|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5=Bargachhia| numbered5=CT| mark-title5= [[Bargachhia]] (CT)| shape-color5=#A40000
|mark-coord6={{coord|22|49|0|N|88|13|2|E}} | label-pos6=left|label6=Balarambati| numbered6=CT| mark-title6= Balarambati (CT)|shape-color6=black| label-size6=13|label-color6=black 
|mark-coord7={{coord|22|49|22|N|88|14|9|E}} | label-pos7=right|label7=Singur| numbered7=CT| mark-title7= [[Singur]] (CT)| shape-color7=#A40000
|mark-coord8={{coord|22|48|10|N|88|15|30|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8=Nasibpur| numbered8=CT| mark-title8= [[Nasibpur]] (CT)| shape-color8=#A40000
|mark-coord9={{coord|22|47|20|N|88|13|26|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9=Jagatnagar| numbered9=CT| mark-title9= [[Jagatnagar]] (CT)| shape-color9=#A40000
|mark-coord10={{coord|22|46|5|N|88|14|30|E}} | label-pos10=left|label10=Baruipara| numbered10=CT| mark-title10= [[Baruipara]] (CT)| shape-color10=#A40000
|mark-coord11={{coord|22|46|30|N|88|15|25|E}} | label-pos11=right|label11=Borai| numbered11=CT| mark-title11= [[Borai, Hooghly|Borai]] (CT)| shape-color11=#A40000
|mark-coord12={{coord|22|58|26|N|88|6|30|E}} | label-pos12=right|label12=Dhaniakhali| numbered12=R| mark-title12= [[Dhaniakhali]] (R)| shape-color12=#C42222
|mark-coord13={{coord|23|2|13|N|88|7|17|E}} | label-pos13=right|label13=Gurap| numbered13=R| mark-title13= [[Gurap]] (R)| shape-color13=#C42222
|mark-coord14={{coord|22|57|41|N|88|18|23|E}} | label-pos14=right|label14=Polba| numbered14=R| mark-title14= [[Polba]] (R)| shape-color14=#C42222
|mark-coord15={{coord|22|56|13|N|88|11|42|E}} | label-pos15=right|label15=Dadpur| numbered15=R| mark-title15= [[Dadpur, Hooghly|Dadpur]] (R)| shape-color15=#C42222
|mark-coord16={{coord|22|56|4|N|88|18|19|E}} | label-pos16=right|label16=Barun Napara| numbered16=R| mark-title16= [[Barun Napara]] (R)| shape-color16=#C42222
|mark-coord17={{coord|22|49|50|N|88|6|16|E}} | label-pos17=left|label17=Haripal| numbered17=R| mark-title17= [[Haripal]] (R)| shape-color17=#C42222
|mark-coord18={{coord|23.0433|88.4298}}| label18=Hooghly |labela18=River| label-color18 = #77A1CB| label-angle18=0| label-pos18=bottom| label-size18=10| mark-size18=0| mark-title18 =none
|mark-coord19={{coord|22|47|28|N|88|4|21|E}} | label-pos19=right|label19=Dwarhatta| numbered19=R| mark-title19= [[Dwarhatta]] (R)| shape-color19=#C42222}}

===Location===
Balarambati is located at {{coord|22.8215|N|88.2174|E|}}.<ref name=censushandbook>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf | title= Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Hooghly |work = Map of Singur CD Block, page 599| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 26 September 2018}}</ref>

The area is composed of flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] plains that form a part of the [[Ganges Delta|Gangetic Delta]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17-24|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 28 September 2018 }}</ref>

===Urbanisation===
In Chandannagore subdivision 58.52% of the population is rural and the urban population is 41.48%. Chandannagore subdivision has 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 7 [[census town]]s. The single municipal corporation is [[Chandernagore Municipal Corporation]]. The municipalities are [[Tarakeswar Municipality]], [[Bhadreswar Municipality]] and [[Champdany Municipality]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4(a) |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 27 September 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Of the three CD Blocks in Chandannagore subdivision, Tarakeswar CD Block is wholly rural, Haripal CD Block is predominantly rural with just 1 census town, and Singur CD Block is slightly less rural with 6 census towns. Polba Dadpur and Dhaniakhali CD Blocks of Chinsurah subdivision (included in the map alongside) are wholly rural.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 27 September 2018}}</ref> The municipal areas are industrialised. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Balarambati had a total population of 5,068 of which 2,558 (50%) were males and 2,510 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 454. The total number of literates in Balarambati was 4,122 (89.34% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011/>

==Transport==
Balarambati is on the [[State Highway 2 (West Bengal)|State Highway 2]] (also known as the Baidyabati-Tarakeswar Road).<ref>Google maps</ref> [[Balarambati railway station]] on [[Howrah-Bardhaman chord]] serves the locality.

==Education==
Madhubati Surabala Vidyamandir is a co-educational high school in Balaramabati. It was established in 1947. It has arrangements for teaching from Class VI to X.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://targetstudy.com/school/53956/madhubati-surabala-vidyamandirs/| title = Madhubati Surabala Vidyamandir | publisher = TargetStudy |access-date = 6 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.icbse.com/schools/madhubati-surabala-vidyamandir/19121614301| title = Madhubati Surabala Vidyamandir | publisher = ICBSE |access-date = 6 October 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Hooghly District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Hooghly district]]

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