About Balikonta Village

Balikonta is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,099, made up of 554 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balikonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balikonta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	493441
Area (hectares)	234.08 hectares
Population	1,099
Male Population	554
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balikonta compares

By the 2011 count Balikonta is the 33rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 234.08 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Balikonta

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

Balikonta lies about 11 km from Bastar. 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 Balikonta
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdalpur	5.8 km
District headquarters	Bastar	11 km

Villages closest to Balikonta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balikonta village had a population of 1,099. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Balikonta village has 554 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balikonta has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Balikonta is 493441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balikonta covers 234.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balikonta falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Balikonta notes the nearest railway station 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 Balikonta.

Balikonta is about 11 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balikonta is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Jagdalpur is about 5.8 km away. Bastar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.