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About Balsota Village

Balsota is a small village in Khadganva tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 207, made up of 102 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balsota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsota village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Khadganva
Pincode 496336
Area (hectares) 26 hectares
Population 207
Male Population 102
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balsota compares

By the 2011 count Balsota is the 87th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 26 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Balsota

Balsota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balsota as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Badekelua, Badesalhi, Bahalpur and Baherabandh. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Balsota

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsota village had a population of 207. That makes it the 87th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Balsota village has 102 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsota has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Balsota is 496336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balsota covers 26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balsota falls under Khadganva tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Balsota 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 <5 km distance for Balsota.

Balsota is in Khadganva tehsil of Koriya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balsota today is likely to be higher.

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