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About Balop Village

Balop is a mid sized village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 372 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.43 hectares hectares.

Balop Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balop village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Khurai
Area (hectares) 217.43 hectares
Population 704
Male Population 372
Female Population 332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balop compares

By the 2011 count Balop is the 70th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 217.43 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 888.

Getting to Balop

Balop is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balop as Available within 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baharpur, Baheriya Gond, Bahrol and Bairagarh. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balop

As per the Census of India 2011, Balop village had a population of 704. That makes it the 70th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Balop village has 372 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balop has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Balop covers 217.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balop falls under Khurai tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Balop notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balop.

Balop is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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