About Balha Village

Balha is a mid sized village in Salempur tehsil, in the district of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 317 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,221 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.93 hectares hectares.

Balha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Deoria
Tehsil	Salempur
Area (hectares)	32.93 hectares
Population	704
Male Population	317
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,221
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balha compares

By the 2011 count Balha is the 237th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 32.93 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Balha

Balha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Balha from other places

Balha lies about 32 km from Deoria, and the nearest railway station is Lar Road, about 3.5 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 Balha
Nearest railway station	Lar Road	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salempur	8.9 km
Nearest town	Lar	9.4 km
District headquarters	Deoria	32 km

Villages closest to Balha

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.

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Common questions about Balha

As per the Census of India 2011, Balha village had a population of 704. That makes it the 237th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Balha village has 317 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balha has about 1221 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Balha covers 32.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balha falls under Salempur tehsil of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balha is Lar Road, about 3.5 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 10+ km distance for Balha.

Balha is about 32 km from Deoria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balha is in Salempur tehsil of Deoria district. Lar Road is about 3.5 km away. Salempur is about 8.9 km away. Lar is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.