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About Balapur Village

Balapur is a small village in Bharthana tehsil, in the district of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 150 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 693 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.3 hectares hectares.

Balapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Etawah
Tehsil Bharthana
Area (hectares) 179.3 hectares
Population 254
Male Population 150
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 693
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapur compares

By the 2011 count Balapur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,009 residents. Its 179.3 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 865.

Getting to Balapur

Balapur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balapur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Balapur from other places

Balapur lies about 26 km from Etawah, and the nearest railway station is Bhartana, about 12 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
Tehsil headquarters Bharthana 12 km
Nearest railway station Bhartana 12 km
District headquarters Etawah 26 km

Villages closest to Balapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapur village had a population of 254. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,009 residents.

Balapur village has 150 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapur has about 693 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 865.

Balapur covers 179.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balapur falls under Bharthana tehsil of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balapur is Bhartana, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balapur.

Balapur is about 26 km from Etawah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapur is in Bharthana tehsil of Etawah district. Bharthana is about 12 km away. Bhartana is about 12 km away. Etawah is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amthari (2.5 km), Maman Himmatpur (2.6 km) and Nagla Buther (2.7 km).

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

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