About Balood Village

Balood is a large village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,352, made up of 1,764 males and 1,588 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1876.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balood Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balood village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Dantewada
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	1876.53 hectares
Population	3,352
Male Population	1,764
Female Population	1,588
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balood compares

By the 2011 count Balood is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 1876.53 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1086.

Getting to Balood

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

Balood lies about 17 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 3.6 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 Balood
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantewada	17 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	17 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	24 km

Villages closest to Balood

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balood village had a population of 3,352. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Balood village has 1,764 males and 1,588 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balood has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Balood is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balood covers 1876.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balood falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balood is Dantewara, about 3.6 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 village for Balood.

Balood is about 17 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balood is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 3.6 km away. Dantewada is about 17 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.