About Balachadi Village

Balachadi is a mid sized village in Jodiya tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,707, made up of 1,156 males and 551 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 477 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1182.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balachadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balachadi village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Jamnagar
Tehsil	Jodiya
Pincode	361230
Area (hectares)	1182.75 hectares
Population	1,707
Male Population	1,156
Female Population	551
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	477
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balachadi compares

By the 2011 count Balachadi is the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents. Its 1182.75 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Balachadi

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

Balachadi lies about 21 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Alia Bada, about 17 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 Balachadi
Tehsil headquarters	Jodiya	14 km
Nearest railway station	Alia Bada	17 km
Nearest town	Bedi	21 km
District headquarters	Jamnagar	21 km

Villages closest to Balachadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balachadi village had a population of 1,707. That makes it the 12th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,652 residents.

Balachadi village has 1,156 males and 551 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balachadi has about 477 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Balachadi is 361230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balachadi covers 1182.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balachadi falls under Jodiya tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Balachadi is Alia Bada, about 17 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 10+ km distance for Balachadi.

Balachadi is about 21 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balachadi is in Jodiya tehsil of Jamnagar district. Jodiya is about 14 km away. Alia Bada is about 17 km away. Bedi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.