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About Balitota Village

Balitota is a mid sized village in Patana tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 665, made up of 318 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758016, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balitota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balitota village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Patana
Pincode 758016
Area (hectares) 149 hectares
Population 665
Male Population 318
Female Population 347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balitota compares

By the 2011 count Balitota is the 36th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 590 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Balitota

Balitota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balitota as Available within village. 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 Balitota from other places

Balitota lies about 15 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, about 7.8 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 Balitota
Nearest railway station Basantapur 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Patana 15 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 15 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 15 km

Villages closest to Balitota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balitota village had a population of 665. That makes it the 36th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 590 residents.

Balitota village has 318 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balitota has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Balitota is 758016. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balitota covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balitota falls under Patana tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Balitota is Basantapur, about 7.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balitota.

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

Balitota is in Patana tehsil of Kendujhar district. Basantapur is about 7.8 km away. Patana is about 15 km away. Kendujhar 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 Bhabisakudar (8.6 km), Matiaguni Alias Gopalpur (11 km) and Barabeda (11 km).

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

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