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About Balkaranpur Village

Balkaranpur is a large village in Chandausi tehsil, in the district of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,756, made up of 1,500 males and 1,256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 499.58 hectares hectares.

Balkaranpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balkaranpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Moradabad
Tehsil Chandausi
Area (hectares) 499.58 hectares
Population 2,756
Male Population 1,500
Female Population 1,256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balkaranpur compares

By the 2011 count Balkaranpur is the 49th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,153 residents. Its 499.58 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 880.

Getting to Balkaranpur

Balkaranpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balkaranpur as Available within 10+ 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 Balkaranpur from other places

Balkaranpur lies about 43 km from Moradabad, and the nearest railway station is Asafpur, about 7.5 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 Balkaranpur
Nearest railway station Asafpur 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandausi 14 km
Nearest town Chanduasi 14 km
District headquarters Moradabad 43 km

Villages closest to Balkaranpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balkaranpur village had a population of 2,756. That makes it the 49th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,153 residents.

Balkaranpur village has 1,500 males and 1,256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balkaranpur has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

Balkaranpur covers 499.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balkaranpur falls under Chandausi tehsil of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balkaranpur is Asafpur, about 7.5 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 <5 km distance for Balkaranpur.

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

Balkaranpur is in Chandausi tehsil of Moradabad district. Asafpur is about 7.5 km away. Chandausi is about 14 km away. Chanduasi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khabaria (under 2 km), Mandanpur (2.0 km) and Gularia Kalan (2.1 km).

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

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