About Balapura Village

Balapura is a mid sized village in Badoda tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 706, made up of 364 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 476339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Badoda
Pincode	476339
Area (hectares)	384 hectares
Population	706
Male Population	364
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapura compares

By the 2011 count Balapura is the 48th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 923 residents. Its 384 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Balapura

Balapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balapura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balapura from other places

Balapura lies about 20 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Sheopur Kalan, about 21 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 Balapura
Tehsil headquarters	Badoda	7.7 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	20 km
Nearest railway station	Sheopur Kalan	21 km

Villages closest to Balapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapura village had a population of 706. That makes it the 48th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 923 residents.

Balapura village has 364 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapura has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Balapura is 476339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balapura covers 384 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balapura falls under Badoda tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balapura is Sheopur Kalan, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balapura.

Balapura is about 20 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapura is in Badoda tehsil of Sheopur district. Badoda is about 7.7 km away. Sheopur is about 20 km away. Sheopur Kalan is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.