About Balpur Village

Balpur is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,775, made up of 921 males and 854 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 714.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495692, 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	Dabhra
Pincode	495692
Area (hectares)	714.35 hectares
Population	1,775
Male Population	921
Female Population	854
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balpur compares

By the 2011 count Balpur is the 23rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 714.35 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Balpur

Balpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balpur from other places

Balpur lies about 52 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about 37 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
Tehsil headquarters	Dabhra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Jharadih	37 km
Nearest town	Saktī	39 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	52 km

Villages closest to Balpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dabhra 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 1,775. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Balpur village has 921 males and 854 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balpur has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Balpur is 495692. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balpur covers 714.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balpur is Jharadih, about 37 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 Balpur.

Balpur is about 52 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 Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 16 km away. Jharadih is about 37 km away. Saktī is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.