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About Balua Khurd Village

Balua Khurd is a mid sized village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 319 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.4 hectares hectares.

Balua Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balua Khurd village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Bansgaon
Area (hectares) 21.4 hectares
Population 587
Male Population 319
Female Population 268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balua Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Balua Khurd is the 226th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 21.4 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Balua Khurd

The census records public bus service for Balua Khurd as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khurd from other places

Balua Khurd 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 Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Bansgaon 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Sahjanwa 28 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 30 km

Villages closest to Balua Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Balua Khurd village had a population of 587. That makes it the 226th largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Balua Khurd village has 319 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balua Khurd has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Balua Khurd covers 21.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Balua Khurd 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 <5 km distance for Balua Khurd.

Balua Khurd 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 Khurd 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 Buzurg (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 Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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