About Balagam Village

Balagam is one of the larger villages in Keshod tehsil, in the district of Junagadh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,187, made up of 2,688 males and 2,499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2289.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 362220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balagam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balagam village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Junagadh
Tehsil	Keshod
Pincode	362220
Area (hectares)	2289.65 hectares
Population	5,187
Male Population	2,688
Female Population	2,499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balagam compares

By the 2011 count Balagam is the 4th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,237 residents. Its 2289.65 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Balagam

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

Balagam lies about 41 km from Junagadh. 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 Balagam
Nearest town	Mānāvadar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keshod	17 km
District headquarters	Junagadh	41 km

Villages closest to Balagam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balagam village had a population of 5,187. That makes it the 4th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,237 residents.

Balagam village has 2,688 males and 2,499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balagam has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Balagam is 362220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balagam covers 2289.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balagam falls under Keshod tehsil of Junagadh district in Gujarat.

The census record for Balagam notes the nearest railway station 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 Balagam.

Balagam is about 41 km from Junagadh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balagam is in Keshod tehsil of Junagadh district. Mānāvadar is about 15 km away. Keshod is about 17 km away. Junagadh is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.