About Balana Village

Balana is a mid sized village in Jafrabad tehsil, in the district of Amreli, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,701, made up of 867 males and 834 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 365601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balana village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Amreli
Tehsil	Jafrabad
Pincode	365601
Area (hectares)	428.08 hectares
Population	1,701
Male Population	867
Female Population	834
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balana compares

By the 2011 count Balana is the 18th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents. Its 428.08 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Balana

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

Balana lies about 84 km from Amreli, and the nearest railway station is Pipavav, about 22 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 Balana
Tehsil headquarters	Jafrabad	8.5 km
Nearest town	Jāfarābād	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Pipavav	22 km
District headquarters	Amreli	84 km

Villages closest to Balana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balana village had a population of 1,701. That makes it the 18th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents.

Balana village has 867 males and 834 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balana has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Balana is 365601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balana covers 428.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balana falls under Jafrabad tehsil of Amreli district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Balana is Pipavav, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balana.

Balana is about 84 km from Amreli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balana is in Jafrabad tehsil of Amreli district. Jafrabad is about 8.5 km away. Jāfarābād is about 8.5 km away. Pipavav is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.