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About Balsar Village

Balsar is a small village in Lodhika tehsil, in the district of Rajkot, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 213 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 360021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsar village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Rajkot
Tehsil Lodhika
Pincode 360021
Area (hectares) 506.05 hectares
Population 391
Male Population 213
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balsar compares

By the 2011 count Balsar is the 33rd largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,493 residents. Its 506.05 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 933.

Getting to Balsar

Balsar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balsar 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. The nearest villages by name are Abhepar, Chandli, Chhapra and Chibhda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balsar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsar village had a population of 391. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,493 residents.

Balsar village has 213 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsar has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Balsar is 360021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balsar covers 506.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balsar falls under Lodhika tehsil of Rajkot district in Gujarat.

The census record for Balsar 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balsar.

Balsar is in Lodhika tehsil of Rajkot district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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