Balichak

Geography

Balichak is located at . It has an average elevation of 12 metres (42 feet). It is located in the Debra CD Block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district. Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. 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 the rest in the rural areas. 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.

Most-observed species

• Spotted Dove

  Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves
  68
• Black Drongo

  Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  64
• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  57
• White-throated Kingfisher

  Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  53
• Asian Pied Starling

  Gracupica contra (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  47
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  42
• Asian Palm-Swift

  Cypsiurus balasiensis (J.E.Gray, 1829) · Aves
  41
• Indian Pond-Heron

  Ardeola grayii (Sykes, 1832) · Aves
  39

Most recent

• M 4.5 — 2018-08-28
  6 km ENE of Gh?t?l, India