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About Balipadar Village

Balipadar is a small village in Kegaon tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 169 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balipadar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balipadar village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Kegaon
Pincode 766036
Area (hectares) 126 hectares
Population 339
Male Population 169
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balipadar compares

By the 2011 count Balipadar is the 84th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 964 residents. Its 126 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Balipadar

Balipadar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balipadar 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balipadar from other places

Balipadar lies about 15 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nuagaon, about 4.1 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 Balipadar
Nearest railway station Nuagaon 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kegaon 15 km
District headquarters Kalahandi 15 km
Nearest town Bhanjanagar 54 km

Villages closest to Balipadar

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

Common questions about Balipadar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balipadar village had a population of 339. That makes it the 84th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 964 residents.

Balipadar village has 169 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balipadar has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Balipadar is 766036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balipadar covers 126 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balipadar falls under Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Balipadar is Nuagaon, about 4.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balipadar.

Balipadar is about 15 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balipadar is in Kegaon tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nuagaon is about 4.1 km away. Kegaon is about 15 km away. Kalahandi is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lanji (11 km), Sitapur (11 km) and Padampur (13 km).

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

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