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About Balkahwa Village

Balkahwa is a mid sized village in Sidhaw tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,599, made up of 814 males and 785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.9 hectares hectares.

Balkahwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balkahwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Sidhaw
Area (hectares) 110.9 hectares
Population 1,599
Male Population 814
Female Population 785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
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 Balkahwa compares

By the 2011 count Balkahwa is the 76th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents. Its 110.9 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Balkahwa

Balkahwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balkahwa 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. The nearest villages by name are Bairati, Bairiya Kalan, Bairiya Khurd and Bakulia. 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 Balkahwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Balkahwa village had a population of 1,599. That makes it the 76th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,895 residents.

Balkahwa village has 814 males and 785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balkahwa has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 941.

Balkahwa covers 110.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balkahwa falls under Sidhaw tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The census record for Balkahwa 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balkahwa.

Balkahwa is in Sidhaw tehsil of Pashchim Champaran 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 Balkahwa today is likely to be higher.

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