About Balua Village

Balua is a large village in Pindra tehsil, in the district of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,140, made up of 1,497 males and 1,643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297.07 hectares hectares.

Balua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balua village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Varanasi
Tehsil	Pindra
Area (hectares)	297.07 hectares
Population	3,140
Male Population	1,497
Female Population	1,643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balua compares

By the 2011 count Balua is the 40th largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents. Its 297.07 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Balua

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

How far is Balua from other places

Balua lies about 47 km from Varanasi, and the nearest railway station is Mirzapur Railway Station, about 5.3 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 Balua
Nearest town	Mirzāpur	4.1 km
Nearest railway station	Mirzapur Railway Station	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pindra	25 km
District headquarters	Varanasi	47 km

Villages closest to Balua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balua village had a population of 3,140. That makes it the 40th largest of the 401 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents.

Balua village has 1,497 males and 1,643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balua has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Balua covers 297.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balua falls under Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balua is Mirzapur Railway Station, about 5.3 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 10+ km distance for Balua.

Balua is about 47 km from Varanasi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balua is in Pindra tehsil of Varanasi district. Mirzāpur is about 4.1 km away. Mirzapur Railway Station is about 5.3 km away. Pindra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.