About Balanda Village

Balanda is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 202 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balanda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	491993
Area (hectares)	176.97 hectares
Population	401
Male Population	202
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balanda compares

By the 2011 count Balanda is the 170th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 176.97 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Balanda

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

Balanda lies about 122 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 41 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 Balanda
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	25 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	41 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	122 km

Villages closest to Balanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balanda village had a population of 401. That makes it the 170th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Balanda village has 202 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balanda has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Balanda is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balanda covers 176.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balanda falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balanda is Barpali, about 41 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 Balanda.

Balanda is about 122 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balanda is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 25 km away. Barpali is about 41 km away. Mahasamund is about 122 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.