About Balmikpur Village

Balmikpur is a small village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 26 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 731 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21 hectares hectares.

Balmikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balmikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	21 hectares
Population	45
Male Population	26
Female Population	19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	731
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balmikpur compares

By the 2011 count Balmikpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 21 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Balmikpur

Balmikpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balmikpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Balmikpur from other places

Balmikpur lies about 29 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 22 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 Balmikpur
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Chausa	22 km
Nearest town	Nokha	28 km
District headquarters	Buxar	29 km

Villages closest to Balmikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balmikpur village had a population of 45. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Balmikpur village has 26 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balmikpur has about 731 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Balmikpur covers 21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balmikpur falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balmikpur is Chausa, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balmikpur.

Balmikpur is about 29 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balmikpur is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about 10 km away. Chausa is about 22 km away. Nokha is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.