About Balpur Village

Balpur is a mid sized village in Champa tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,843, made up of 928 males and 915 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Champa
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	324.02 hectares
Population	1,843
Male Population	928
Female Population	915
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Balpur compares

By the 2011 count Balpur is the 24th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,887 residents. Its 324.02 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Balpur

Balpur 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 Balpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balpur from other places

Balpur lies about 17 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Balpur Halt, about 1.5 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 Balpur
Nearest railway station	Balpur Halt	1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Champa	7.2 km
Nearest town	Chāmpa	7.2 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	17 km

Villages closest to Balpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balpur village had a population of 1,843. That makes it the 24th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,887 residents.

Balpur village has 928 males and 915 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balpur has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Balpur is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balpur covers 324.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balpur falls under Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balpur is Balpur Halt, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Balpur is about 17 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balpur is in Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Balpur Halt is about 1.5 km away. Champa is about 7.2 km away. Chāmpa is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.