About Balputi Village

Balputi is a small village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 276, made up of 144 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balputi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balputi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	166.78 hectares
Population	276
Male Population	144
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balputi compares

By the 2011 count Balputi is the 101st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 166.78 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Balputi

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

Balputi lies about 21 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 8.7 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 Balputi
Nearest railway station	Amagura	8.7 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	21 km
District headquarters	Bastar	21 km

Villages closest to Balputi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balputi village had a population of 276. That makes it the 101st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Balputi village has 144 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balputi has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Balputi is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balputi covers 166.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balputi falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balputi is Amagura, about 8.7 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balputi.

Balputi is about 21 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balputi is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 8.7 km away. Jagdalpur is about 13 km away. Bakavand is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.