About Balapur Village

Balapur is a small village in Dhampur tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 110 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246733, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bijnor
Tehsil	Dhampur
Pincode	246733
Area (hectares)	56.06 hectares
Population	202
Male Population	110
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	836
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapur compares

By the 2011 count Balapur is the 551st largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 56.06 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Balapur

Balapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balapur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balapur from other places

Balapur lies about 30 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Dhampur, about 13 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 Balapur
Nearest town	Nūrpur	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dhampur	13 km
District headquarters	Bijnor	30 km

Villages closest to Balapur

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

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Common questions about Balapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapur village had a population of 202. That makes it the 551st largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Balapur village has 110 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapur has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Balapur is 246733. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balapur covers 56.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balapur falls under Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balapur is Dhampur, about 13 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 village for Balapur.

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

Balapur is in Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district. Nūrpur is about 8.8 km away. Dhampur is about 13 km away. Bijnor is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.