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About Balpet Village

Balpet is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,568, made up of 788 males and 780 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 785.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balpet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balpet village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 785.49 hectares
Population 1,568
Male Population 788
Female Population 780
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balpet compares

By the 2011 count Balpet is the 14th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 785.49 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Balpet

Balpet is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balpet 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balpet from other places

Balpet lies about 19 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Gidam, about 3.7 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 Balpet
Nearest railway station Gidam 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 19 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 19 km
Nearest town Bacheli 28 km

Villages closest to Balpet

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.

Common questions about Balpet

As per the Census of India 2011, Balpet village had a population of 1,568. That makes it the 14th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Balpet village has 788 males and 780 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balpet has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

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

Balpet covers 785.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balpet is Gidam, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balpet.

Balpet is about 19 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.

Balpet is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 3.7 km away. Dantewada is about 19 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Teknar (2.1 km), Bhairamband (2.8 km) and Balood (4.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balpet today is likely to be higher.

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