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About Balnai Village

Balnai is a small village in Shadhora tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 156 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252 hectares hectares.

Balnai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balnai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Shadhora
Area (hectares) 252 hectares
Population 315
Male Population 156
Female Population 159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balnai compares

By the 2011 count Balnai is the 75th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 759 residents. Its 252 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Balnai

The census records public bus service for Balnai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balnai from other places

Balnai lies about 11 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Ratikheda, about 3.9 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 Balnai
Nearest railway station Ratikheda 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Shadhora 11 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 11 km

Villages closest to Balnai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balnai village had a population of 315. That makes it the 75th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 759 residents.

Balnai village has 156 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balnai has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 913.

Balnai covers 252 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balnai falls under Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balnai is Ratikheda, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balnai.

Balnai is about 11 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balnai is in Shadhora tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Ratikheda is about 3.9 km away. Shadhora is about 11 km away. Ashoknagar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bamooriya Shadora (under 2 km), Nagau Khedi (1.7 km) and Kherai (1.7 km).

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

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