About Balad Village

Balad is a mid sized village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,252, made up of 636 males and 616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 652.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585436, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balad village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Aurad
Pincode	585436
Area (hectares)	652.41 hectares
Population	1,252
Male Population	636
Female Population	616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balad compares

By the 2011 count Balad is the 81st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 652.41 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Balad

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

Balad lies about 38 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kalagapura, about 8.7 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 Balad
Nearest railway station	Kalagapura	8.7 km
Nearest town	Bhālki	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aurad	18 km
District headquarters	Bidar	38 km

Villages closest to Balad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balad village had a population of 1,252. That makes it the 81st largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Balad village has 636 males and 616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balad has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Balad is 585436. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balad covers 652.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balad falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balad is Kalagapura, about 8.7 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 village for Balad.

Balad is about 38 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balad is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Kalagapura is about 8.7 km away. Bhālki is about 15 km away. Aurad is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.