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About Balo Village

Balo is a small village in Bhadrak Rural tehsil, in the district of Bhadrak, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 465, made up of 250 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balo village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Bhadrak
Tehsil Bhadrak Rural
Pincode 756113
Area (hectares) 380 hectares
Population 465
Male Population 250
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balo compares

By the 2011 count Balo is the 137th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,327 residents. Its 380 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Balo

Balo is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balo 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bahadalpur, Bahudarada, Balabhadrapur and Balajitpada. 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 Balo

As per the Census of India 2011, Balo village had a population of 465. That makes it the 137th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,327 residents.

Balo village has 250 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balo has about 860 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 Balo is 756113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balo covers 380 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Balo notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Balo is in Bhadrak Rural 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 Balo today is likely to be higher.

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