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About Balahedi Village

Balahedi is a small village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 115 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.22 hectares hectares.

Balahedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balahedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 138.22 hectares
Population 221
Male Population 115
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Balahedi compares

By the 2011 count Balahedi is the 145th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 138.22 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Balahedi

Balahedi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balahedi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balahedi from other places

Balahedi lies about 30 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Mandsor, about 29 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 Balahedi
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 21 km
Nearest railway station Mandsor 29 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 30 km

Villages closest to Balahedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balahedi village had a population of 221. That makes it the 145th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Balahedi village has 115 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balahedi has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Balahedi covers 138.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balahedi falls under Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balahedi is Mandsor, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balahedi.

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

Balahedi is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 21 km away. Mandsor is about 29 km away. Mandsaur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranayra (under 2 km), Payakhedi (2.2 km) and Bhilyakhedi (2.7 km).

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

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