About Balanagar Village

Balanagar is one of the larger villages in Paithan tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,660, made up of 2,908 males and 2,752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2248.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balanagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balanagar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Paithan
Pincode	431105
Area (hectares)	2248.22 hectares
Population	5,660
Male Population	2,908
Female Population	2,752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balanagar compares

By the 2011 count Balanagar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,601 residents. Its 2248.22 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Balanagar

Balanagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balanagar 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balanagar from other places

Balanagar lies about 6.0 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt, about 5.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balanagar
Nearest railway station	Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paithan	6.0 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	6.0 km
Nearest town	Aurangābād	6.0 km

Villages closest to Balanagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paithan tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Balanagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balanagar village had a population of 5,660. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,601 residents.

Balanagar village has 2,908 males and 2,752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balanagar has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Balanagar is 431105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balanagar covers 2248.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balanagar falls under Paithan tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balanagar is Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Balanagar.

Balanagar is about 6.0 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balanagar is in Paithan tehsil of Aurangabad district. Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt is about 5.1 km away. Paithan is about 6.0 km away. Aurangabad is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.