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About Balipal Village

Balipal is a small village in Harichandanpur tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 106 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balipal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balipal village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Harichandanpur
Pincode 758028
Area (hectares) 59 hectares
Population 200
Male Population 106
Female Population 94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balipal compares

By the 2011 count Balipal is the 91st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 743 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 996.

Getting to Balipal

Balipal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balipal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balipal from other places

Balipal lies about 23 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, about 21 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 Balipal
Nearest railway station Basantapur 21 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 23 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Harichandanpur 30 km

Villages closest to Balipal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balipal village had a population of 200. That makes it the 91st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 743 residents.

Balipal village has 106 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balipal has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Balipal is 758028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balipal covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balipal falls under Harichandanpur tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Balipal is Basantapur, about 21 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 village for Balipal.

Balipal is about 23 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balipal is in Harichandanpur tehsil of Kendujhar district. Basantapur is about 21 km away. Kendujhar is about 23 km away. Keonjhargarh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balipasi (under 2 km), Jamuda (4.4 km) and Raidiha (5.7 km).

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

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