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About Bala Chak Village

Bala Chak is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 50 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.36 hectares hectares.

Bala Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bala Chak village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Khajni
Area (hectares) 33.36 hectares
Population 94
Male Population 50
Female Population 44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
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 Bala Chak compares

By the 2011 count Bala Chak is the 616th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 33.36 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Bala Chak

Bala Chak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bala Chak 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 Bala Chak from other places

Bala Chak lies about 43 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 34 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 Bala Chak
Tehsil headquarters Khajni 27 km
Nearest railway station Maghar 34 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 36 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 43 km

Villages closest to Bala Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khajni 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 Bala Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Bala Chak village had a population of 94. That makes it the 616th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Bala Chak village has 50 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bala Chak has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Bala Chak covers 33.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bala Chak falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bala Chak is Maghar, about 34 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 Bala Chak.

Bala Chak is about 43 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bala Chak is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 27 km away. Maghar is about 34 km away. Khalīlābād is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chautra Tiwari (under 2 km), Amanabad (under 2 km) and Lakhua Pakar (1.6 km).

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

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