About Balanta Village

Balanta is a mid sized village in Bhadrak Rural tehsil, in the district of Bhadrak, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 747, made up of 399 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balanta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balanta village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Bhadrak
Tehsil	Bhadrak Rural
Pincode	756111
Area (hectares)	128 hectares
Population	747
Male Population	399
Female Population	348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balanta compares

By the 2011 count Balanta is the 103rd largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,327 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 970.

Getting to Balanta

Balanta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balanta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balanta from other places

Balanta lies about 22 km from Bhadrak, and the nearest railway station is Kenduapada, about 12 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 Balanta
Nearest railway station	Kenduapada	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadrak Rural	22 km
District headquarters	Bhadrak	22 km

Villages closest to Balanta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhadrak Rural 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 Balanta

As per the Census of India 2011, Balanta village had a population of 747. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,327 residents.

Balanta village has 399 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balanta has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Balanta is 756111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balanta covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balanta falls under Bhadrak Rural tehsil of Bhadrak district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Balanta is Kenduapada, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balanta.

Balanta is about 22 km from Bhadrak in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balanta is in Bhadrak Rural tehsil of Bhadrak district. Kenduapada is about 12 km away. Bhadrak Rural is about 22 km away. Bhadrak is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.