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About Balrampur Village

Balrampur is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,447, made up of 706 males and 741 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balrampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balrampur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494222
Area (hectares) 640.24 hectares
Population 1,447
Male Population 706
Female Population 741
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,050
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balrampur compares

By the 2011 count Balrampur is the 16th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 640.24 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Balrampur

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

Balrampur lies about 59 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 44 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 Balrampur
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 11 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 44 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 59 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 64 km

Villages closest to Balrampur

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

Common questions about Balrampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balrampur village had a population of 1,447. That makes it the 16th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Balrampur village has 706 males and 741 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balrampur has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Balrampur is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balrampur covers 640.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balrampur falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Balrampur is Keoti, about 44 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 Balrampur.

Balrampur is about 59 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balrampur is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 11 km away. Keoti is about 44 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampur (under 2 km), Barda (1.8 km) and Bhingidar (3.5 km).

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

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