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About Balai Bujurg Village

Balai Bujurg is a mid sized village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,980, made up of 1,086 males and 894 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balai Bujurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balai Bujurg village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Derapur
Pincode 209301
Area (hectares) 528.83 hectares
Population 1,980
Male Population 1,086
Female Population 894
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balai Bujurg compares

By the 2011 count Balai Bujurg is the 43rd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 528.83 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Balai Bujurg

Balai Bujurg is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balai Bujurg 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balai Bujurg from other places

Balai Bujurg lies about 11 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Malasa, 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 Balai Bujurg
Tehsil headquarters Derapur 6.4 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 11 km
Nearest railway station Malasa 12 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 16 km

Villages closest to Balai Bujurg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Derapur 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 Balai Bujurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Balai Bujurg village had a population of 1,980. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Balai Bujurg village has 1,086 males and 894 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balai Bujurg has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 862.

The pincode recorded for Balai Bujurg is 209301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balai Bujurg covers 528.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balai Bujurg falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balai Bujurg is Malasa, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balai Bujurg.

Balai Bujurg is about 11 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balai Bujurg is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Derapur is about 6.4 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 11 km away. Malasa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balai Khurd (1.7 km), Majhgawan (1.9 km) and Mawai Mukta (2.4 km).

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

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