About Baler Village

Baler is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 77 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baler Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baler village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	491229
Area (hectares)	504 hectares
Population	148
Male Population	77
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baler compares

By the 2011 count Baler is the 136th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 504 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Baler

Baler is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baler as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Baler from other places

Baler lies about 118 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 63 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 Baler
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	34 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	50 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	63 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	118 km

Villages closest to Baler

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baler village had a population of 148. That makes it the 136th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Baler village has 77 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baler has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Baler is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baler covers 504 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baler falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Baler is Bhanupratappur, about 63 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 10+ km distance for Baler.

Baler is about 118 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baler is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 34 km away. Garhchiroli is about 50 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.