About Balshiv Village

Balshiv is a small village in Manendragarh tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 164 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balshiv Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balshiv village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Manendragarh
Pincode	497442
Area (hectares)	115.17 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	164
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balshiv compares

By the 2011 count Balshiv is the 86th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 647 residents. Its 115.17 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Balshiv

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

Balshiv lies about 26 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Udalkachar, about 9.7 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 Balshiv
Nearest railway station	Udalkachar	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manendragarh	20 km
District headquarters	Koriya	26 km

Villages closest to Balshiv

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balshiv village had a population of 336. That makes it the 86th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 647 residents.

Balshiv village has 164 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balshiv has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Balshiv is 497442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balshiv covers 115.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balshiv falls under Manendragarh tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balshiv is Udalkachar, about 9.7 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 Balshiv.

Balshiv is about 26 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balshiv is in Manendragarh tehsil of Koriya district. Udalkachar is about 9.7 km away. Manendragarh is about 20 km away. Koriya is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.