About Balenga Village

Balenga is a large village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,223, made up of 1,595 males and 1,628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2601.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balenga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bade Rajpur
Pincode	494347
Area (hectares)	2601.64 hectares
Population	3,223
Male Population	1,595
Female Population	1,628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balenga compares

By the 2011 count Balenga is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 2601.64 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Balenga

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

Balenga lies about 88 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 70 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 Balenga
Tehsil headquarters	Bade Rajpur	5.8 km
Nearest town	Kānker	45 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	70 km
District headquarters	Bastar	88 km

Villages closest to Balenga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balenga village had a population of 3,223. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Balenga village has 1,595 males and 1,628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balenga has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Balenga is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balenga covers 2601.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balenga falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balenga is Antagarh, about 70 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Balenga.

Balenga is about 88 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balenga is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 5.8 km away. Kānker is about 45 km away. Antagarh is about 70 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.