About Pola Village

Pola is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,165, made up of 558 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2046.3 hectares hectares.

Pola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pola village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	2046.3 hectares
Population	1,165
Male Population	558
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pola compares

By the 2011 count Pola is the 59th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 2046.3 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1032.

Getting to Pola

Pola is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pola as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Pola from other places

Pola lies about 42 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 39 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 Pola
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	16 km
Nearest town	Malajkhand	19 km
Nearest railway station	Dhapewara	39 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	42 km

Villages closest to Pola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pola village had a population of 1,165. That makes it the 59th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Pola village has 558 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pola has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Pola covers 2046.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pola falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pola is Dhapewara, about 39 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pola.

Pola is about 42 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pola is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 16 km away. Malajkhand is about 19 km away. Dhapewara is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.