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About Baluhi Village

Baluhi is a small village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 117 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 222170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baluhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baluhi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Pincode 222170
Area (hectares) 65.58 hectares
Population 242
Male Population 117
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,068
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 Baluhi compares

By the 2011 count Baluhi is the 355th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 65.58 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Baluhi

The census records public bus service for Baluhi 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 Baluhi from other places

Baluhi lies about 29 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Sri Krishna Nagar, about under 2 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 Baluhi
Nearest railway station Sri Krishna Nagar under 2 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 29 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 29 km

Villages closest to Baluhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baluhi village had a population of 242. That makes it the 355th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Baluhi village has 117 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baluhi has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1071.

The pincode recorded for Baluhi is 222170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baluhi covers 65.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baluhi falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baluhi is Sri Krishna Nagar, about under 2 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 Baluhi.

Baluhi is about 29 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baluhi is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Sri Krishna Nagar is about under 2 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 23 km away. Kerakat is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mallupur (6.7 km), Hardhan (8.8 km) and Maniyarepur (10 km).

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

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