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About Balkheda Village

Balkheda is a mid sized village in Kannad tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 282 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331 hectares hectares.

Balkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balkheda village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Kannad
Area (hectares) 331 hectares
Population 521
Male Population 282
Female Population 239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balkheda compares

By the 2011 count Balkheda is the 162nd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,458 residents. Its 331 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Balkheda

Balkheda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balkheda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Athegaon, Aurala, Aurali and Aurangpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Balkheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Balkheda village had a population of 521. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,458 residents.

Balkheda village has 282 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balkheda has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Balkheda covers 331 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balkheda falls under Kannad tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The census record for Balkheda notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balkheda.

Balkheda is in Kannad tehsil of Aurangabad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balkheda today is likely to be higher.

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