About Baligawan Village

Baligawan is a large village in Rafiganj tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,707, made up of 1,903 males and 1,804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251 hectares hectares.

Baligawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baligawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Rafiganj
Area (hectares)	251 hectares
Population	3,707
Male Population	1,903
Female Population	1,804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baligawan compares

By the 2011 count Baligawan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents. Its 251 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Baligawan

Baligawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baligawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Baligawan from other places

Baligawan lies about 17 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about 6.4 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 Baligawan
Nearest railway station	Dev Road Halt	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rafiganj	11 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	17 km

Villages closest to Baligawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baligawan village had a population of 3,707. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents.

Baligawan village has 1,903 males and 1,804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baligawan has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Baligawan covers 251 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Baligawan falls under Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Baligawan is Dev Road Halt, about 6.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Baligawan.

Baligawan is about 17 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baligawan is in Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district. Dev Road Halt is about 6.4 km away. Rafiganj is about 11 km away. Aurangabad is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.