About Balambe Village

Balambe is one of the larger villages in Nizar tehsil, in the district of Tapi, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,345, made up of 2,613 males and 2,732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 394380, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balambe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balambe village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Tapi
Tehsil	Nizar
Pincode	394380
Area (hectares)	186.63 hectares
Population	5,345
Male Population	2,613
Female Population	2,732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balambe compares

By the 2011 count Balambe is the 7th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,548 residents. Its 186.63 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Balambe

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

Balambe lies about 16 km from Tapi, and the nearest railway station is Dhekvad, about 23 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 Balambe
Nearest town	Taloda	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nizar	16 km
District headquarters	Tapi	16 km
Nearest railway station	Dhekvad	23 km

Villages closest to Balambe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balambe village had a population of 5,345. That makes it the 7th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,548 residents.

Balambe village has 2,613 males and 2,732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balambe has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Balambe is 394380. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balambe covers 186.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balambe falls under Nizar tehsil of Tapi district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Balambe is Dhekvad, about 23 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 Balambe.

Balambe is about 16 km from Tapi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balambe is in Nizar tehsil of Tapi district. Taloda is about 15 km away. Nizar is about 16 km away. Tapi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.