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About Balighai Village

Balighai is a small village in Bansada tehsil, in the district of Bhadrak, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 66 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 344 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balighai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balighai village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Bhadrak
Tehsil Bansada
Pincode 756129
Area (hectares) 344 hectares
Population 138
Male Population 66
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balighai compares

By the 2011 count Balighai is the 94th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 344 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Balighai

Balighai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balighai as Available within 5 - 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 within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baghakolha, Bajarapur, Balabhadraprasad and Balasahi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Balighai

As per the Census of India 2011, Balighai village had a population of 138. That makes it the 94th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Balighai village has 66 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balighai has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Balighai is 756129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balighai covers 344 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balighai falls under Bansada tehsil of Bhadrak district in Odisha.

The census record for Balighai notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Balighai.

Balighai is in Bansada tehsil of Bhadrak district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balighai today is likely to be higher.

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