About Balapur Village

Balapur is a large village in Bagasara tehsil, in the district of Amreli, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,081, made up of 1,018 males and 1,063 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1203.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 365456, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balapur village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Amreli
Tehsil	Bagasara
Pincode	365456
Area (hectares)	1203.25 hectares
Population	2,081
Male Population	1,018
Female Population	1,063
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balapur compares

By the 2011 count Balapur is the 8th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,566 residents. Its 1203.25 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Balapur

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

Balapur lies about 31 km from Amreli, and the nearest railway station is Kunkavav, about 10 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 Balapur
Nearest railway station	Kunkavav	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagasara	12 km
Nearest town	Bagasra	12 km
District headquarters	Amreli	31 km

Villages closest to Balapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balapur village had a population of 2,081. That makes it the 8th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,566 residents.

Balapur village has 1,018 males and 1,063 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balapur has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Balapur is 365456. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balapur covers 1203.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balapur falls under Bagasara tehsil of Amreli district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Balapur is Kunkavav, about 10 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 Balapur.

Balapur is about 31 km from Amreli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balapur is in Bagasara tehsil of Amreli district. Kunkavav is about 10 km away. Bagasara is about 12 km away. Bagasra is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.