About Balau Village

Balau is a small village in Khurai tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 474, made up of 258 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.49 hectares hectares.

Balau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balau village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Khurai
Area (hectares)	325.49 hectares
Population	474
Male Population	258
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balau compares

By the 2011 count Balau is the 110th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 798 residents. Its 325.49 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Balau

Balau is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balau 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balau from other places

Balau lies about 45 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Khurai Relway Stesan, about 10 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 Balau
Nearest railway station	Khurai Relway Stesan	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khurai	11 km
District headquarters	Sagar	45 km

Villages closest to Balau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balau village had a population of 474. That makes it the 110th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 798 residents.

Balau village has 258 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balau has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Balau covers 325.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balau is Khurai Relway Stesan, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balau.

Balau is about 45 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balau is in Khurai tehsil of Sagar district. Khurai Relway Stesan is about 10 km away. Khurai is about 11 km away. Sagar is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.