About Balka Village

Balka is a mid sized village in Baisinga tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,573, made up of 785 males and 788 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757082, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balka village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Tehsil	Baisinga
Pincode	757082
Area (hectares)	378 hectares
Population	1,573
Male Population	785
Female Population	788
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balka compares

By the 2011 count Balka is the 10th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 378 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 992.

Getting to Balka

Balka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balka as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baghua, Baidpur, Baikhunta and Baisinga. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balka

As per the Census of India 2011, Balka village had a population of 1,573. That makes it the 10th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Balka village has 785 males and 788 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balka has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Balka is 757082. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balka covers 378 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balka falls under Baisinga tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The census record for Balka notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Balka.

Balka is in Baisinga tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.