About Balhampur Village

Balhampur is a large village in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,803, made up of 1,992 males and 1,811 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264 hectares hectares.

Balhampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balhampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Simri Bakhtiarpur
Area (hectares)	264 hectares
Population	3,803
Male Population	1,992
Female Population	1,811
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balhampur compares

By the 2011 count Balhampur is the 25th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents. Its 264 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Balhampur

Balhampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balhampur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balhampur from other places

Balhampur lies about 12 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika, 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 Balhampur
Nearest railway station	Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simri Bakhtiarpur	5.9 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	12 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	12 km

Villages closest to Balhampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri Bakhtiarpur 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 Balhampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balhampur village had a population of 3,803. That makes it the 25th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents.

Balhampur village has 1,992 males and 1,811 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balhampur has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 901.

Balhampur covers 264 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balhampur falls under Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balhampur is Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balhampur.

Balhampur is about 12 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balhampur is in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district. Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika is about 3.3 km away. Simri Bakhtiarpur is about 5.9 km away. Saharsa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.