About Balodgahan Village

Balodgahan is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,538, made up of 744 males and 794 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balodgahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balodgahan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gurur
Pincode	491227
Area (hectares)	340 hectares
Population	1,538
Male Population	744
Female Population	794
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balodgahan compares

By the 2011 count Balodgahan is the 38th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 340 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Balodgahan

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

Balodgahan lies about 64 km from Durg. 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 Balodgahan
Tehsil headquarters	Gurur	8.0 km
Nearest town	Dhamtari	11 km
District headquarters	Durg	64 km

Villages closest to Balodgahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balodgahan village had a population of 1,538. That makes it the 38th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Balodgahan village has 744 males and 794 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balodgahan has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Balodgahan is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balodgahan covers 340 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balodgahan falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Balodgahan 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 village for Balodgahan.

Balodgahan is about 64 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balodgahan is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 8.0 km away. Dhamtari is about 11 km away. Durg is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.