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About Balua Dew Ray Village

Balua Dew Ray is a mid sized village in Jogapatti tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 600, made up of 321 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.3 hectares hectares.

Balua Dew Ray Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balua Dew Ray village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Jogapatti
Area (hectares) 92.3 hectares
Population 600
Male Population 321
Female Population 279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balua Dew Ray compares

By the 2011 count Balua Dew Ray is the 84th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents. Its 92.3 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Balua Dew Ray

Balua Dew Ray is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balua Dew Ray as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Balua Dew Ray from other places

Balua Dew Ray lies about 19 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chamua, about 3.3 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 Balua Dew Ray
Nearest railway station Chamua 3.3 km
Nearest town Narkatiāganj 6.8 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Jogapatti 31 km

Villages closest to Balua Dew Ray

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

Common questions about Balua Dew Ray

As per the Census of India 2011, Balua Dew Ray village had a population of 600. That makes it the 84th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents.

Balua Dew Ray village has 321 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balua Dew Ray has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Balua Dew Ray covers 92.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balua Dew Ray falls under Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balua Dew Ray is Chamua, about 3.3 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 10+ km distance for Balua Dew Ray.

Balua Dew Ray is about 19 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balua Dew Ray is in Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Chamua is about 3.3 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 6.8 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gaunaria (22 km), Sahadatpur (22 km) and Khairatia (22 km).

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

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