Balsi Purbapara is a village in the Patrasayer CD block in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Balsi Purbapara is located at .
<small>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.</small>
According to the 2011 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 0âÂÂ6 years. The total number of literate persons in Balsi Purbapara was 1,002 (73.62% of the population over 6 years).
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.
Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya was established in 2005 at Patrasayer
David J. McCutchion mentions the Vishnu temple as a good example of 19th century terracotta decorated standard âÂÂBirbhum-Bardhamanâ type Bengal deul. He also mentions a Lakshmi Narayana temple with a low towered at-chala built of laterite with stucco work in 1652, another low towered at-chala, a pancharatna dolamancha and an ek-ratna rasmancha.
There is a primary health centre at Balsi, with 10 beds.