# Bala Kheda Village, Ashta, Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ashta, Sehore 

# Bala Kheda

Bala Kheda is a village in Ashta sub-district of Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **317 people in 68 households**, the 153rd largest of 186 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 317people (2011)
- 68households
- 64.8%literacy
- 1,058females per 1,000 males

## Bala Kheda PIN code and other codes

Bala Kheda falls in Ashta sub-district, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockAshta
- Census village code482879

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

## How far is Bala Kheda from nearby towns?

- Ashta (sub-district HQ)60 km by road
- Sehore (district HQ)90 km by road
- Ashta (nearest town)17 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 Bala Kheda?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Bala Kheda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

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

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ashta
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ashta
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhopal
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 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 Bala Kheda known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and sugarcane**. About 78% of the 263 hectares of village land is sown, and 116 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 Bala Kheda

Of every 100 households in Bala Kheda in 2011, 94 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bala Kheda · ■ Ashta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****100%**

**63%

Television ****54%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**29%

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 Bala Kheda?

■ Bala Kheda · ■ Ashta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1095**

**898

Working population ****51.1%**

**52.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 52.1% for women. 56% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 56 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (5%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 94 (58%)

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 Ashta

- Nomaniya386 people
- Mali Khedi377 people
- Gadra Khedi374 people
- Gangal Kothri370 people
- Amipur316 people
- Sankarpur315 people
- Khempur309 people
- Kev Khedi304 people

[All 195 villages in Ashta](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/sehore/ashta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bala Kheda from Sehore?90 km by road
- What is the population of Bala Kheda?317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bala Kheda in?Sehore district (Ashta sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bala Kheda?64.8% (Census 2011)