About Bhalia Village

Bhalia is a small village in Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 116 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhalia village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Sadar
Pincode	766001
Area (hectares)	301 hectares
Population	218
Male Population	116
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
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 Bhalia compares

By the 2011 count Bhalia is the 169th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 501 residents. Its 301 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1025.

Getting to Bhalia

Bhalia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bhalia 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 Bhalia from other places

Bhalia lies about 13 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nayagarh Town, about 13 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 Bhalia
Nearest railway station	Nayagarh Town	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sadar	13 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	13 km
Nearest town	Polasara	51 km

Villages closest to Bhalia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhalia village had a population of 218. That makes it the 169th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 501 residents.

Bhalia village has 116 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhalia has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Bhalia is 766001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhalia covers 301 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhalia falls under Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Bhalia is Nayagarh Town, about 13 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 Bhalia.

Bhalia is about 13 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhalia is in Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nayagarh Town is about 13 km away. Sadar is about 13 km away. Kalahandi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.