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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Balichak
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Census Town
| image_skyline = Balichak Station.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Balichak railway station
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.37|N|87.55|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 = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 4.66
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 12
| population_total = 13,784
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages*
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Santali language|Santali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 03222
| postal_code = 721124
| registration_plate = WB34, WB36
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Debra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Debra]]
| website = {{URL|paschimmedinipur.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Balichak''' is a [[census town]] in the [[Debra (community development block)|Debra]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Kharagpur subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord4={{coord|22|19|0|N|87|23|8|E}} | label-pos4=right|label4=Changual | numbered4=R| mark-title4= [[Changual]] (R)
|mark-coord5={{coord|22|22|21|N|87|34|40|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5=Debra | numbered5=R| mark-title5= [[Debra, Paschim Medinipur]] (R)
|mark-coord6={{coord|22|22|35|N|87|33|47|E}} | label-pos6=top|label6=Gangaram Chak | numbered6=R| mark-title6= [[Gangaram Chak]] (R)
|mark-coord7={{coord|22|22|54|N|87|26|23|E}} | label-pos7=right|label7=Madpur | numbered7=R| mark-title7= [[Madpur]] (R)
|mark-coord8={{coord|22|17|13|N|87|38|30|E}} | label-pos8=right|label8= Maligram | numbered8=R| mark-title8= [[Maligram]] (R)
|mark-coord9={{coord|22|16|18|N|87|35|8|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9= Pingla | numbered9=R| mark-title9= [[Pingla]] (R)
|mark-coord10={{coord|22|16|21|N|87|17|35|E}} | label-pos10=right|label10= Salua | numbered10=R| mark-title10= [[Salua, Paschim Medinipur]] (R)
|mark-coord11={{coord|22|22|50|N|87|20|30|E}} | label-pos11=right|label11= Satkul | numbered11=R| mark-title11= [[Satkul]] (R)
|mark-coord12={{coord|22|17|40|N|87|18|35|E}} | label-pos12=right|label12= Hijli | numbered12=R| mark-title12= [[Hijli]] (R)
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|mark-coord14={{coord|22|19|48|N|87|18|13|E}}| label-pos14=bottom|label14= IIT, Kharagpur| numbered14=F| mark-title14= [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] (F)|shape-color14=#967117
|mark-coord15={{coord|22|25|14|N|87|36|16|E}}| label-pos15=right|label15= Chak Bajit| numbered15=H| mark-title15= [[Chak Bajit]] (H) |shape-color15=#AA6666
|mark-coord16={{coord|22|15|20|N|87|32|31|E}}| label-pos16=left|label16= Dhaneshwarpur |labela16= Madhyabar| numbered16=H| mark-title16= [[Dhaneshwarpur Madhyabar]] (H) |shape-color16=#AA6666
|mark-coord17={{coord|22|14|37|N|87|40|19|E}}| label-pos17=left|label17= Jalchak| numbered17=H| mark-title17= [[Jalchak]] (H) |shape-color17=#AA6666
|mark-coord18={{coord|22|26|51|N|87|37|46|E}}| label-pos18=right|label18= Loyada| numbered18=H| mark-title18= [[Loyada, Paschim Medinipur]] (H) |shape-color18=#AA6666
|mark-coord19={{coord|22|17|45|N|87|34|50|E}}| label-pos19=lft|label19= Raj Ballabh| numbered19=H| mark-title19= [[Raj Ballabh]] (H) |shape-color19=#AA6666
|mark-coord20={{coord|22|28|10|N|87|34|17|E}}| label-pos20=right|label20= Satyapur| numbered20=H| mark-title20= [[Satyapur, Paschim Medinipur]] (H) |shape-color20=#AA6666
|mark-coord21={{coord|22|23|0|N|87|16|0|E}}|label21= Kangsabati River| label-color21 = #77A1CB| label-angle21=10| label-pos21=top| label-size21=11| mark-size21=0| mark-title21=none }}

===Location===
Balichak is located at {{Coord|22.37|N|87.55|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Bali_Chak.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Balichak]</ref> It has an average elevation of 12 metres (42 feet). It is located in the [[Debra (community development block)|Debra]] CD Block in the [[Kharagpur subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Medinipur district]].<ref name=ctlist>{{cite web|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |title=District Wise List of Statutory Towns( Municipal Corporation,Municipality,Notified Area and Cantonment Board) , Census Towns and Outgrowths, West Bengal, 2001 |publisher=Census of India, Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |accessdate=2008-12-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191128/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |archivedate=2007-09-30 }}</ref>

===Area overview===
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has [[Alluvium|alluvial]] soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have [[Laterite|lateritic]] soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011| work= page 27-28| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref> With a density of population of 787 per km2nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref>

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.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Balichak had a total population of 13,784, of which 6.735 (49%) were males and 7,049 (51%) were females. There were 1,261 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Balichak was 10.944 (87.39% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_p190ca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census, India | accessdate = 5 September 2020}}</ref>

.*For language details see [[Debra (community development block)#Language and religion]]

==Civic administration==
===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of Debra CD block are located at Balichak.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1918_PART_A_DCHB_PASCHIM%20MEDINIPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Paschim Medinipur | work= Map of Paschim Medinipur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | accessdate = 20 November 2016 }}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Paschim Medinipur'', Balichak covered an area of 4.66 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 3 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from untreated sources, borewell, tubewell. It had 2,500 domestic electric connections, 200 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary/ health centre, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 10 primary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at [[Debra, Paschim Medinipur|Debra]], 3 km away. It had 4 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institutes. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 cinema theatre, 2 public libraries, 3 reading rooms. Rice and wheat were two important commodities it produced. It had branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 2 cooperative banks, 2 agricultural credit societies, 7 non-agricultural societies.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1918_PART_A_DCHB_PASCHIM%20MEDINIPUR.pdf | title = District Census Handbook Paschim Medinipur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 2827-2833; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 2827; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 2829; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 2830; Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2831, Page 2832; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 2832,2833; Statement VI:Industry and Banking ,Page 2833 | publisher = Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal |accessdate = 5 September 2020}}</ref>

==Economy==
There are few Banks and financial houses that serve the people living in Balichak and nearby areas. While [[State Bank of India]] is the busiest of all, other banks like [[United Bank of India]], [[Vidyasagar Central Co-operative Bank Ltd]] also have their presence here. [[Bandhan Bank]] has a banking and a DSC branch at Balichak. United Bank of India has two branches here. SBI Branch is at station Road, UBI (Balichak Branch) near Balichak Bhajahari institution and UBI (Hamirpur Branch) is at Balichak station road, Vidyasagar Central Coop Bank is at Balichak daily bazar. State Bank of India also has e-corner with branch. [[Life Insurance Corporation]] has a satellite branch in Balichak. The Private institutions do business mainly in the investment area.

==Transportation==
[[File:Balichak Bus Stand.jpg|thumb|Balichak Bus stand,Balichak]]
Balichak is well connected by roads/highways to other important towns of South Bengal. Locals use bicycles and motorbikes for transportation within the town. Rickshaws and cabs, autoes are also available.

[[Balichak railway station]] is on the [[Howrah-Kharagpur line]]. It is 90.5 km from Howrah station.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-howrah-kharagpur-local-38713/16860/1/167 |title= Howrah-Kharagpur Local| work= Time Table|publisher= IndiaRailInfo |accessdate=13 September 2020}}</ref>

==Education==
There are a number of schools in Balichak:
* Maa Sarada Vidyamandir
* Balichak Christopherday School
* Ramakrishna nursery school
* Aurobinda Vidyabhawan (English Medium, ICSE Board)
* Balichak Bhajahari Institution
* Balichak Girls High School
* Antala Sitala High School
* Duan Rudreswar High School
* Geetibeethika—Sangeet O Kala Shiksha Kendra
* Jhanjia Gopal Chandra Institution
* Brahmansasan Kamala Vidyapith

==Culture==
The regular Bengali festivals like Durga Puja, Saraswati Puja and Kali Puja are well attended. Other common pujas in the worship of Sitala, Jagaddhatri, Holi, Janmastami, Rath Yatra, Dussera (Ravan Pora) also take place.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Paschim Medinipur District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Paschim Medinipur district]]

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