About Balwadgi Village

Balwadgi is a large village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,266, made up of 1,611 males and 1,655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1136.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balwadgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwadgi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585225
Area (hectares)	1136.07 hectares
Population	3,266
Male Population	1,611
Female Population	1,655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balwadgi compares

By the 2011 count Balwadgi is the 23rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 1136.07 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Balwadgi

Balwadgi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balwadgi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balwadgi from other places

Balwadgi lies about 40 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Halakatta, about 5.0 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 Balwadgi
Nearest railway station	Halakatta	5.0 km
Nearest town	Wādi	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	18 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	40 km

Villages closest to Balwadgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwadgi village had a population of 3,266. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Balwadgi village has 1,611 males and 1,655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwadgi has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Balwadgi is 585225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balwadgi covers 1136.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balwadgi falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balwadgi is Halakatta, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balwadgi.

Balwadgi is about 40 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balwadgi is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Halakatta is about 5.0 km away. Wādi is about 6.0 km away. Chitapur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.