About Balegapal Village

Balegapal is a small village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 168 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balegapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balegapal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	400.71 hectares
Population	333
Male Population	168
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balegapal compares

By the 2011 count Balegapal is the 56th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 400.71 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1034.

Getting to Balegapal

Balegapal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balegapal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balegapal from other places

Balegapal lies about 42 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada. 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 Balegapal
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	15 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	42 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	50 km

Villages closest to Balegapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balegapal village had a population of 333. That makes it the 56th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Balegapal village has 168 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balegapal has about 982 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 1034.

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

Balegapal covers 400.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balegapal falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Balegapal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Balegapal is about 42 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.

Balegapal is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 15 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 42 km away. Bacheli is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.