About Balbahara Village

Balbahara is a mid sized village in Jaitpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,972, made up of 981 males and 991 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541.02 hectares hectares.

Balbahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balbahara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Jaitpur
Area (hectares)	541.02 hectares
Population	1,972
Male Population	981
Female Population	991
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balbahara compares

By the 2011 count Balbahara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 879 residents. Its 541.02 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Balbahara

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

Balbahara lies about 102 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Mandla Fort, about 49 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 Balbahara
Tehsil headquarters	Jaitpur	23 km
Nearest town	Mandlā	47 km
Nearest railway station	Mandla Fort	49 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	102 km

Villages closest to Balbahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balbahara village had a population of 1,972. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 879 residents.

Balbahara village has 981 males and 991 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balbahara has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Balbahara covers 541.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balbahara falls under Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balbahara is Mandla Fort, about 49 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 Balbahara.

Balbahara is about 102 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balbahara is in Jaitpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Jaitpur is about 23 km away. Mandlā is about 47 km away. Mandla Fort is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.