About Balapur Village

Balapur is a small village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 90 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 441702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Deori
Pincode	441702
Area (hectares)	287.22 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	90
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapur compares

By the 2011 count Balapur is the 104th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 287.22 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Balapur

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

Balapur lies about 70 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Dewalgaon, 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 Balapur
Nearest railway station	Dewalgaon	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deori	27 km
Nearest town	Desāīganj	40 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	70 km

Villages closest to Balapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Deori 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 178. That makes it the 104th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Balapur village has 90 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapur has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Balapur is 441702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balapur covers 287.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balapur falls under Deori tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balapur is Dewalgaon, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balapur.

Balapur is about 70 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapur is in Deori tehsil of Gondiya district. Dewalgaon is about 21 km away. Deori is about 27 km away. Desāīganj is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.