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About Balpur Village

Balpur is a small village in Sagri tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 97 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 276136, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Sagri
Pincode 276136
Area (hectares) 60.96 hectares
Population 208
Male Population 97
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,144
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balpur compares

By the 2011 count Balpur is the 655th largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 60.96 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Balpur

Balpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balpur as Available within <5 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 Balpur from other places

Balpur lies about 39 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Amila, about 2.2 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 Balpur
Nearest railway station Amila 2.2 km
Nearest town Chillupār 9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagri 21 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 39 km

Villages closest to Balpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balpur village had a population of 208. That makes it the 655th largest of the 835 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Balpur village has 97 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balpur has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Balpur is 276136. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balpur covers 60.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balpur falls under Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balpur is Amila, about 2.2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balpur.

Balpur is about 39 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balpur is in Sagri tehsil of Azamgarh district. Amila is about 2.2 km away. Chillupār is about 9.9 km away. Sagri is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jehra Pipri (under 2 km), Pipri (under 2 km) and Gonha (5.1 km).

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

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