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About Balhai Mal Village

Balhai Mal is a small village in Chicholi tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 408, made up of 204 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181 hectares hectares.

Balhai Mal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balhai Mal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Betul
Tehsil Chicholi
Area (hectares) 181 hectares
Population 408
Male Population 204
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balhai Mal compares

By the 2011 count Balhai Mal is the 57th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 981 residents. Its 181 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Balhai Mal

Balhai Mal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balhai Mal as Available within <5 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 Balhai Mal from other places

Balhai Mal lies about 39 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Maramjhiri, about 35 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 Balhai Mal
Tehsil headquarters Chicholi 12 km
Nearest railway station Maramjhiri 35 km
District headquarters Betul 39 km
Nearest town Betūl 39 km

Villages closest to Balhai Mal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chicholi 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 Balhai Mal

As per the Census of India 2011, Balhai Mal village had a population of 408. That makes it the 57th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 981 residents.

Balhai Mal village has 204 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balhai Mal has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

Balhai Mal covers 181 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balhai Mal falls under Chicholi tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balhai Mal is Maramjhiri, about 35 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balhai Mal.

Balhai Mal is about 39 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balhai Mal is in Chicholi tehsil of Betul district. Chicholi is about 12 km away. Maramjhiri is about 35 km away. Betul is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balhai Ryt (under 2 km), Chunagosai (1.7 km) and Dhaniya Jam (2.2 km).

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

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