About Balgawan Village

Balgawan is one of the larger villages in Akorhi Gola tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,162, made up of 2,754 males and 2,408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 637.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balgawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Akorhi Gola
Pincode	802219
Area (hectares)	637.3 hectares
Population	5,162
Male Population	2,754
Female Population	2,408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balgawan compares

By the 2011 count Balgawan is the 5th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,267 residents. Its 637.3 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Balgawan

Balgawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balgawan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balgawan from other places

Balgawan lies about 57 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Sanjhauli Halt, about 11 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 Balgawan
Nearest town	Nāsriganj	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akorhi Gola	10 km
Nearest railway station	Sanjhauli Halt	11 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	57 km

Villages closest to Balgawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Akorhi Gola 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 Balgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Balgawan village had a population of 5,162. That makes it the 5th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,267 residents.

Balgawan village has 2,754 males and 2,408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balgawan has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Balgawan is 802219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balgawan covers 637.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balgawan falls under Akorhi Gola tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balgawan is Sanjhauli Halt, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balgawan.

Balgawan is about 57 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balgawan is in Akorhi Gola tehsil of Rohtas district. Nāsriganj is about 8.8 km away. Akorhi Gola is about 10 km away. Sanjhauli Halt is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.