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About Balbhadrapur Village

Balbhadrapur is a large village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,843, made up of 1,438 males and 1,405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balbhadrapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balbhadrapur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246149
Area (hectares) 129.56 hectares
Population 2,843
Male Population 1,438
Female Population 1,405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 977
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balbhadrapur compares

By the 2011 count Balbhadrapur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 129.56 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Balbhadrapur

Balbhadrapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balbhadrapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balbhadrapur from other places

Balbhadrapur lies about 13 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 2.6 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 Balbhadrapur
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 2.6 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 2.6 km
District headquarters Garhwal 13 km

Villages closest to Balbhadrapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balbhadrapur village had a population of 2,843. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Balbhadrapur village has 1,438 males and 1,405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balbhadrapur has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Balbhadrapur is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balbhadrapur covers 129.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balbhadrapur falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Balbhadrapur is Kotdwara, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balbhadrapur.

Balbhadrapur is about 13 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balbhadrapur is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwara is about 2.6 km away. Kotdwāra is about 2.6 km away. Garhwal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gorakhpur (under 2 km), Lalpur (under 2 km) and Khunibarh (1.6 km).

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

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