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About Balwa Gouri Village

Balwa Gouri is a large village in Salempur tehsil, in the district of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,083, made up of 1,482 males and 1,601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 204.09 hectares hectares.

Balwa Gouri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwa Gouri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Deoria
Tehsil Salempur
Area (hectares) 204.09 hectares
Population 3,083
Male Population 1,482
Female Population 1,601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,080
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balwa Gouri compares

By the 2011 count Balwa Gouri is the 30th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 204.09 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Balwa Gouri

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

Balwa Gouri lies about 27 km from Deoria, and the nearest railway station is Bhatni Junction, about 15 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 Balwa Gouri
Nearest town Kataiya 11 km
Nearest railway station Bhatni Junction 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Salempur 23 km
District headquarters Deoria 27 km

Villages closest to Balwa Gouri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Salempur 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 Balwa Gouri

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwa Gouri village had a population of 3,083. That makes it the 30th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Balwa Gouri village has 1,482 males and 1,601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwa Gouri has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1062.

Balwa Gouri covers 204.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balwa Gouri falls under Salempur tehsil of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balwa Gouri is Bhatni Junction, about 15 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 for Balwa Gouri.

Balwa Gouri is about 27 km from Deoria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balwa Gouri is in Salempur tehsil of Deoria district. Kataiya is about 11 km away. Bhatni Junction is about 15 km away. Salempur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kodra Parsadi (1.6 km), Amawa (1.7 km) and Babhanouli (2.4 km).

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

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