About Balva Village

Balva is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Patan, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,717, made up of 874 males and 843 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 623.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 384265, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balva Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balva village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Patan
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	384265
Area (hectares)	623.06 hectares
Population	1,717
Male Population	874
Female Population	843
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balva compares

By the 2011 count Balva is the 67th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,288 residents. Its 623.06 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 931.

Getting to Balva

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

Balva lies about 11 km from Patan, and the nearest railway station is Kansa, about 2.2 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 Balva
Nearest railway station	Kansa	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	11 km
Nearest town	Pātan	11 km

Villages closest to Balva

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balva village had a population of 1,717. That makes it the 67th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,288 residents.

Balva village has 874 males and 843 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balva has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Balva is 384265. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balva covers 623.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balva falls under Patan tehsil of Patan district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Balva is Kansa, about 2.2 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 Balva.

Balva is about 11 km from Patan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balva is in Patan tehsil of Patan district. Kansa is about 2.2 km away. Patan is about 11 km away. Pātan is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.