About Bhalka Village

Bhalka is a mid sized village in Bhander tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 898 males and 789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 554.28 hectares hectares.

Bhalka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhalka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Datia
Tehsil	Bhander
Area (hectares)	554.28 hectares
Population	1,687
Male Population	898
Female Population	789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhalka compares

By the 2011 count Bhalka is the 21st largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 554.28 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Bhalka

Bhalka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bhalka as Available within village. 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 Bhalka from other places

Bhalka lies about 30 km from Datia, and the nearest railway station is Kotra, about 27 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 Bhalka
Nearest town	Indargarh	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhander	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kotra	27 km
District headquarters	Datia	30 km

Villages closest to Bhalka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhalka village had a population of 1,687. That makes it the 21st largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Bhalka village has 898 males and 789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhalka has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 876.

Bhalka covers 554.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhalka falls under Bhander tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bhalka is Kotra, about 27 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bhalka.

Bhalka is about 30 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhalka is in Bhander tehsil of Datia district. Indargarh is about 8.1 km away. Bhander is about 20 km away. Kotra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.