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About Balua Buzurg Village

Balua Buzurg is a mid sized village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,807, made up of 919 males and 888 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.95 hectares hectares.

Balua Buzurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balua Buzurg village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 28.95 hectares
Population 1,807
Male Population 919
Female Population 888
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balua Buzurg compares

By the 2011 count Balua Buzurg is the 60th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 28.95 hectares work out to about 62 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Balua Buzurg

The census records public bus service for Balua Buzurg as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balua Buzurg from other places

Balua Buzurg lies about 30 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sahjanwa, about 28 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 Balua Buzurg
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Sahjanwa 28 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 30 km

Villages closest to Balua Buzurg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bansgaon 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 Balua Buzurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Balua Buzurg village had a population of 1,807. That makes it the 60th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Balua Buzurg village has 919 males and 888 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balua Buzurg has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Balua Buzurg covers 28.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 62 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balua Buzurg falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balua Buzurg is Sahjanwa, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balua Buzurg.

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

Balua Buzurg is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Bansgaon is about 9.3 km away. Sahjanwa is about 28 km away. Gorakhpur 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 Balua Khurd (under 2 km), Chaksultani (2.8 km) and Barpurwa (2.9 km).

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

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