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About Balu Village

Balu is a mid sized village in Bhainsdehi tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 634, made up of 304 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314.6 hectares hectares.

Balu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balu village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Bhainsdehi
Area (hectares) 314.6 hectares
Population 634
Male Population 304
Female Population 330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balu compares

By the 2011 count Balu is the 155th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 973 residents. Its 314.6 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Balu

Balu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Badgaon, Bagda Biran, Bakka and Balharpura. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balu

As per the Census of India 2011, Balu village had a population of 634. That makes it the 155th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 973 residents.

Balu village has 304 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balu has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Balu covers 314.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balu falls under Bhainsdehi tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Balu notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Balu.

Balu is in Bhainsdehi tehsil of Betul district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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