About Balhamau Village

Balhamau is a large village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,532, made up of 1,207 males and 1,325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.61 hectares hectares.

Balhamau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balhamau village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jaunpur
Tehsil	Machhlishahr
Area (hectares)	607.61 hectares
Population	2,532
Male Population	1,207
Female Population	1,325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balhamau compares

By the 2011 count Balhamau is the 62nd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 607.61 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Balhamau

Balhamau is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balhamau as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balhamau from other places

Balhamau lies about 51 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Gaura, 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 Balhamau
Nearest railway station	Gaura	12 km
Nearest town	Bela	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Machhlishahr	27 km
District headquarters	Jaunpur	51 km

Villages closest to Balhamau

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

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Common questions about Balhamau

As per the Census of India 2011, Balhamau village had a population of 2,532. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Balhamau village has 1,207 males and 1,325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balhamau has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1061.

Balhamau covers 607.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balhamau falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balhamau is Gaura, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balhamau.

Balhamau is about 51 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balhamau is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Gaura is about 12 km away. Bela is about 22 km away. Machhlishahr is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.