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About Balehi Village

Balehi is a mid sized village in Meerganj tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,689, made up of 897 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 243505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balehi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balehi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly
Tehsil Meerganj
Pincode 243505
Area (hectares) 306.1 hectares
Population 1,689
Male Population 897
Female Population 792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balehi compares

By the 2011 count Balehi is the 94th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents. Its 306.1 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Balehi

Balehi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balehi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balehi from other places

Balehi lies about 30 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Nagaria Sadat, about 6.3 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 Balehi
Nearest railway station Nagaria Sadat 6.3 km
Nearest town Milak 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Meerganj 30 km
District headquarters Bareilly 30 km

Villages closest to Balehi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balehi village had a population of 1,689. That makes it the 94th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents.

Balehi village has 897 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balehi has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Balehi is 243505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balehi covers 306.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balehi falls under Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balehi is Nagaria Sadat, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balehi.

Balehi is about 30 km from Bareilly in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balehi is in Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district. Nagaria Sadat is about 6.3 km away. Milak is about 8.9 km away. Meerganj is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narkhera (1.9 km), Mandwa Banshipur (2.2 km) and Sukali (2.4 km).

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

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