About Balkaura Village

Balkaura is a mid sized village in Chandla tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,953, made up of 1,073 males and 880 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.4 hectares hectares.

Balkaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balkaura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Chandla
Area (hectares)	386.4 hectares
Population	1,953
Male Population	1,073
Female Population	880
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	820
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balkaura compares

By the 2011 count Balkaura is the 7th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents. Its 386.4 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 863.

Getting to Balkaura

Balkaura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balkaura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Balkaura from other places

Balkaura lies about 55 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Singhpur Dumra, about 22 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 Balkaura
Tehsil headquarters	Chandla	8.2 km
Nearest town	Lauri	14 km
Nearest railway station	Singhpur Dumra	22 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	55 km

Villages closest to Balkaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balkaura village had a population of 1,953. That makes it the 7th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,020 residents.

Balkaura village has 1,073 males and 880 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balkaura has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 863.

Balkaura covers 386.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balkaura falls under Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balkaura is Singhpur Dumra, about 22 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balkaura.

Balkaura is about 55 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balkaura is in Chandla tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Chandla is about 8.2 km away. Lauri is about 14 km away. Singhpur Dumra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.