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{{Other places3|Bally (disambiguation){{!}}Bally}}
{{distinguish|Bally, Howrah|Bally Jagachha}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
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| population_total = 113,377
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 711201, 711202, 711205, 711227
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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| website = {{URL|howrah.gov.in/}}
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'''Bally''' is a [[census town]] in [[Bally Jagachha]] CD Block of [[Howrah Sadar subdivision]] in [[Howrah district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of [[List of cities in West Bengal by population#Urban agglomeration|Kolkata Urban Agglomeration]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |title=Final population totals, West Bengal, Table 3, Urban Frame |accessdate=2011-10-15 |work=Census of India 2001, see Haora district |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163402/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |archivedate=21 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name=census>{{cite web|url= http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_16.htm|title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4 |accessdate=2011-01-20 |work=Census of India 2001 – Howrah district |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928204740/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_16.htm|archivedate=28 September 2011 }}</ref>

Bally is under the jurisdiction of Nischinda Police Station of [[Howrah Police Commissionerate|Howrah City Police]].

==Demographics==
As per [[2011 Census of India]] Bally had a total population of 113,377 of which 58,530 (52%) were males and 54,847 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 10,069. The total number of literates in Bally was 92,238 (89.28% of the population over 6 years).<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 | accessdate = 18 August 2018 }}</ref>

As per 2001 census, Bally had a population of 92,906, out of which 49,414 were males and 43,492 were females. Bally has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84% and female literacy is 75%. In Bally, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |title=Table - 3 : Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001 |accessdate=2011-10-15 |work=Census of India 2001 |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 |archivedate=16 June 2004 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Bally has the junction of [[National Highway 16 (India)|National Highway 16]] (part of [[AH45|Asian Highway 45]]) and [[National Highway 19 (India)|National Highway 19]] at Bamandanga (Rajchandrapur). People can go to several places of [[Kolkata]], [[Howrah district|Howrah]] and [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]] from here. Bally is connected to [[Dakshineswar|Dakshineswar, Kolkata]] via [[Vivekananda Setu]] and [[Nivedita Setu]].

===Bus===
====Private Bus====
* 26 [[Champadanga]] - [[Bonhooghly]]
* 26C [[Jagatballavpur]] - [[Bonhooghly]]
* 40 [[Uluberia|Birshibpur]] - [[Serampore]]
* 51 Pardankuni - [[Howrah Station]]
* 79 [[Panchla]] - [[Dunlop, Kolkata|Dunlop]]
* 81/1 Rajchandrapur - [[Barasat]]
* DN46 [[Dankuni]] Housing - [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]] Karunamoyee

====CSTC Bus====
* S23A Rajchandrapur - [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]] Karunamoyee
* AC23A Rajchandrapur - [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]] Karunamoyee
* AC50A Rajchandrapur - [[Garia]]

====CTC Bus====
* C23 [[Dankuni]] Housing - [[Park Circus]]
Many Shuttle Buses (Without Numbers) also pass through Bally.

===Train===
Bally has five railway stations of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]. They are [[Bally railway station]] (on [[Howrah-Bardhaman main line]] and [[Howrah-Bardhaman chord|Howrah-Bardhaman chord line]]), [[Belanagar railway station]] (on [[Howrah-Bardhaman chord|Howrah-Bardhaman chord line]]), [[Bally Ghat railway station]], [[Bally Halt railway station]] and [[Rajchandrapur railway station]] (on [[Chord link line (Kolkata Suburban Railway)|Sealdah-Dankuni line]]).

===Airport===
Nearest Airport of Bally is [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]] in [[Dum Dum|Dumdum, Kolkata]] and it is easily accessible via [[Belghoria Expressway]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Howrah District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Howrah district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]

Bally, Bally-Jagachha - Revision history

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