About Balarai Village

Balarai is a small village in Nayakote tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 230 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balarai village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Nayakote
Pincode	758018
Area (hectares)	122 hectares
Population	424
Male Population	230
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balarai compares

By the 2011 count Balarai is the 45th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 657 residents. Its 122 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1032.

Getting to Balarai

Balarai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balarai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balarai from other places

Balarai lies about 31 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Nayagarh, about 27 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 Balarai
Nearest railway station	Nayagarh	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nayakote	31 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	31 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	31 km

Villages closest to Balarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balarai village had a population of 424. That makes it the 45th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 657 residents.

Balarai village has 230 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balarai has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Balarai is 758018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balarai covers 122 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balarai falls under Nayakote tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Balarai is Nayagarh, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balarai.

Balarai is about 31 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balarai is in Nayakote tehsil of Kendujhar district. Nayagarh is about 27 km away. Nayakote is about 31 km away. Kendujhar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.