About Balsamund Village

Balsamund is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,591, made up of 781 males and 810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 811.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balsamund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsamund village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491335
Area (hectares)	811.79 hectares
Population	1,591
Male Population	781
Female Population	810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balsamund compares

By the 2011 count Balsamund is the 27th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 811.79 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Balsamund

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

Balsamund lies about 70 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 23 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 Balsamund
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	12 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	12 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	23 km
District headquarters	Durg	70 km

Villages closest to Balsamund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsamund village had a population of 1,591. That makes it the 27th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Balsamund village has 781 males and 810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsamund has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Balsamund is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balsamund covers 811.79 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.

Balsamund falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balsamund is Hathbandh, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Balsamund.

Balsamund is about 70 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balsamund is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 12 km away. Bemetāra is about 12 km away. Hathbandh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.