About Balapur Village

Balapur is a mid sized village in Bhinga tehsil, in the district of Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,718, made up of 912 males and 806 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271803, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shrawasti
Tehsil	Bhinga
Pincode	271803
Area (hectares)	332.99 hectares
Population	1,718
Male Population	912
Female Population	806
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapur compares

By the 2011 count Balapur is the 162nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents. Its 332.99 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Balapur

Balapur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Balapur from other places

Balapur lies about 26 km from Shrawasti, and the nearest railway station is Kauwapur, about 37 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 Balapur
Tehsil headquarters	Bhinga	20 km
District headquarters	Shrawasti	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kauwapur	37 km

Villages closest to Balapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapur village had a population of 1,718. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents.

Balapur village has 912 males and 806 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapur has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Balapur is 271803. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balapur covers 332.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balapur falls under Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balapur is Kauwapur, about 37 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 10+ km distance for Balapur.

Balapur is about 26 km from Shrawasti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapur is in Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district. Bhinga is about 20 km away. Shrawasti is about 26 km away. Kauwapur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.