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About Balukhera Village

Balukhera is a mid sized village in Koil tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,457, made up of 788 males and 669 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 202121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balukhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balukhera village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Koil
Pincode 202121
Area (hectares) 329.2 hectares
Population 1,457
Male Population 788
Female Population 669
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 849
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balukhera compares

By the 2011 count Balukhera is the 189th largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents. Its 329.2 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Balukhera

Balukhera is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balukhera as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Balukhera from other places

Balukhera lies about 16 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Mandrak, about 11 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 Balukhera
Nearest railway station Mandrak 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Koil 16 km
District headquarters Aligarh 16 km
Nearest town Alīgarh 16 km

Villages closest to Balukhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balukhera village had a population of 1,457. That makes it the 189th largest of the 357 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,099 residents.

Balukhera village has 788 males and 669 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balukhera has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 881.

The pincode recorded for Balukhera is 202121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balukhera covers 329.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balukhera falls under Koil tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balukhera is Mandrak, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Balukhera.

Balukhera is about 16 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balukhera is in Koil tehsil of Aligarh district. Mandrak is about 11 km away. Koil is about 16 km away. Aligarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bajhera (under 2 km), Asgarpur (under 2 km) and Ranupur (under 2 km).

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

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