About Balapur Village

Balapur is a mid sized village in Kargahar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 547 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares.

Balapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Kargahar
Area (hectares)	117 hectares
Population	1,010
Male Population	547
Female Population	463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
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 Balapur compares

By the 2011 count Balapur is the 80th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Balapur

Balapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balapur 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 Balapur from other places

Balapur lies about 27 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Khurmabad, about 13 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 Balapur
Nearest railway station	Khurmabad	13 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kargahar	27 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	27 km

Villages closest to Balapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapur village had a population of 1,010. That makes it the 80th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Balapur village has 547 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapur has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Balapur covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balapur falls under Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balapur is Khurmabad, about 13 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 Balapur.

Balapur is about 27 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapur is in Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district. Khurmabad is about 13 km away. Sasarām is about 16 km away. Kargahar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.