# Balnai Village, Shadhora, Ashoknagar (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Shadhora, Ashoknagar 

# Balnai

Balnai is a village in Shadhora sub-district of Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **315 people in 73 households**, the 75th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 315people (2011)
- 73households
- 65.3%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Balnai PIN code and other codes

Balnai falls in Shadhora sub-district, Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAshoknagar
- Census village code500553

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Balnai from nearby towns?

- Shadhora (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Ashoknagar (district HQ)13 km by road
- Ashoknagar (nearest town)13 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Balnai?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Balnai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Raghogarh
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Balnai known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, urad and makka**. Products made here include gud banana. About 88% of the 252 hectares of village land is sown, and 134 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Balnai

Of every 100 households in Balnai in 2011, 93 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balnai · ■ Shadhora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**64%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****15%**

**36%

Television ****7%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****75%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Balnai?

■ Balnai · ■ Shadhora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1238**

**929

Working population ****37.5%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 52.6% for women. 53% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 20 (17%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%) · **■** Marginal 93 (79%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Shadhora

- Piprol Shadora345 people
- Gugor Mafi343 people
- Peharu Khedi327 people
- Madi Haveli316 people
- Parichha303 people
- Bamooriya Shadora297 people
- Kudai Pachhar295 people
- Khejri Khargo282 people

[All 108 villages in Shadhora](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/ashoknagar/shadhora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balnai from Ashoknagar?13 km by road
- What is the population of Balnai?315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balnai in?Ashoknagar district (Shadhora sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balnai?65.3% (Census 2011)