About Balapur Village

Balapur is a mid sized village in Pohri tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 292 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.36 hectares hectares.

Balapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Pohri
Area (hectares)	203.36 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	292
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	771
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Balapur compares

By the 2011 count Balapur is the 148th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 878 residents. Its 203.36 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 875.

Getting to Balapur

Balapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balapur 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 Balapur from other places

Balapur lies about 31 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Parakheda, about 7.4 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 Balapur
Nearest railway station	Parakheda	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pohri	27 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	31 km

Villages closest to Balapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapur village had a population of 517. That makes it the 148th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 878 residents.

Balapur village has 292 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapur has about 771 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 875.

Balapur covers 203.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balapur falls under Pohri tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balapur is Parakheda, about 7.4 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 Balapur.

Balapur is about 31 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapur is in Pohri tehsil of Shivpuri district. Parakheda is about 7.4 km away. Pohri is about 27 km away. Shivpuri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.