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About Balabhent Village

Balabhent is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 501, made up of 267 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.61 hectares hectares.

Balabhent Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balabhent village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 218.61 hectares
Population 501
Male Population 267
Female Population 234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balabhent compares

By the 2011 count Balabhent is the 76th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 218.61 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Balabhent

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

Balabhent lies about 8.8 km from Hoshangabad. 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 Balabhent
District headquarters Hoshangabad 8.8 km
Nearest town Narmadapuram 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Babai 13 km

Villages closest to Balabhent

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balabhent village had a population of 501. That makes it the 76th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Balabhent village has 267 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balabhent has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Balabhent covers 218.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balabhent falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Balabhent notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Balabhent.

Balabhent is about 8.8 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balabhent is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Hoshangabad is about 8.8 km away. Narmadapuram is about 8.8 km away. Babai is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaplasar (under 2 km), Mohna (4.5 km) and Sanga Kheda Kalan (5.4 km).

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

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