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About Balnahia Village

Balnahia is a mid sized village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Mahrajganj, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,003, made up of 527 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354.01 hectares hectares.

Balnahia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balnahia village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mahrajganj
Tehsil Maharajganj
Area (hectares) 354.01 hectares
Population 1,003
Male Population 527
Female Population 476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balnahia compares

By the 2011 count Balnahia is the 331st largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,521 residents. Its 354.01 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Balnahia

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

How far is Balnahia from other places

Balnahia lies about 21 km from Mahrajganj, and the nearest railway station is Ghughuli, about 18 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 Balnahia
Tehsil headquarters Maharajganj 2.1 km
Nearest town Mahārāganj 2.1 km
Nearest railway station Ghughuli 18 km
District headquarters Mahrajganj 21 km

Villages closest to Balnahia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balnahia village had a population of 1,003. That makes it the 331st largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,521 residents.

Balnahia village has 527 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balnahia has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Balnahia covers 354.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balnahia falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Mahrajganj district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balnahia is Ghughuli, about 18 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balnahia.

Balnahia is about 21 km from Mahrajganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balnahia is in Maharajganj tehsil of Mahrajganj district. Maharajganj is about 2.1 km away. Mahārāganj is about 2.1 km away. Ghughuli is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baspar Baijauli (under 2 km), Parasa Urf Parsauna (under 2 km) and Tarakulawa (under 2 km).

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

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