About Balar Village

Balar is a large village in Rafiganj tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,822, made up of 1,512 males and 1,310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365 hectares hectares.

Balar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Rafiganj
Area (hectares)	365 hectares
Population	2,822
Male Population	1,512
Female Population	1,310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balar compares

By the 2011 count Balar is the 15th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents. Its 365 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Balar

Balar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balar from other places

Balar lies about 28 km from Aurangabad. 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 Balar
Tehsil headquarters	Rafiganj	8.2 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	28 km

Villages closest to Balar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rafiganj 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 Balar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balar village had a population of 2,822. That makes it the 15th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents.

Balar village has 1,512 males and 1,310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balar has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Balar covers 365 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balar falls under Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

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

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

Balar is about 28 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balar is in Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district. Rafiganj is about 8.2 km away. Aurangabad is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.