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About Balukhedi Village

Balukhedi is a small village in Morwa tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 382, made up of 198 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balukhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balukhedi village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Panch Mahals
Tehsil Morwa
Pincode 389115
Area (hectares) 110.03 hectares
Population 382
Male Population 198
Female Population 184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balukhedi compares

By the 2011 count Balukhedi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,665 residents. Its 110.03 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 967.

Getting to Balukhedi

Balukhedi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balukhedi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Balukhedi from other places

Balukhedi lies about 23 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Piplod, about 28 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 Balukhedi
Tehsil headquarters Morwa 17 km
District headquarters Panch Mahals 23 km
Nearest railway station Piplod 28 km

Villages closest to Balukhedi

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

Common questions about Balukhedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Balukhedi village had a population of 382. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,665 residents.

Balukhedi village has 198 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balukhedi has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Balukhedi is 389115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balukhedi covers 110.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balukhedi falls under Morwa tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Balukhedi is Piplod, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balukhedi.

Balukhedi is about 23 km from Panch Mahals in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balukhedi is in Morwa tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Morwa is about 17 km away. Panch Mahals is about 23 km away. Piplod is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alu (under 2 km), Metral (1.7 km) and Viraniya (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balukhedi today is likely to be higher.

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