About Balouda Village

Balouda is a large village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,569, made up of 1,272 males and 1,297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balouda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balouda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	557.18 hectares
Population	2,569
Male Population	1,272
Female Population	1,297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balouda compares

By the 2011 count Balouda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 557.18 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Balouda

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

Balouda lies about 102 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Dungripali, about 52 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 Balouda
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	16 km
Nearest railway station	Dungripali	52 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	102 km

Villages closest to Balouda

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 Balouda

As per the Census of India 2011, Balouda village had a population of 2,569. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Balouda village has 1,272 males and 1,297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balouda has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Balouda is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balouda covers 557.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balouda falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balouda is Dungripali, about 52 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 Balouda.

Balouda is about 102 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balouda is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 16 km away. Dungripali is about 52 km away. Mahasamund is about 102 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.