About Balwandgi Village

Balwandgi is a large village in Jevargi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,058, made up of 1,574 males and 1,484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2095.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balwandgi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwandgi village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Jevargi
Pincode	585310
Area (hectares)	2095.47 hectares
Population	3,058
Male Population	1,574
Female Population	1,484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balwandgi compares

By the 2011 count Balwandgi is the 20th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents. Its 2095.47 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Balwandgi

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

How far is Balwandgi from other places

Balwandgi lies about 47 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Gaudgaon, about 31 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 Balwandgi
Nearest town	Afzalpur	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jevargi	30 km
Nearest railway station	Gaudgaon	31 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	47 km

Villages closest to Balwandgi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwandgi village had a population of 3,058. That makes it the 20th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,885 residents.

Balwandgi village has 1,574 males and 1,484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwandgi has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Balwandgi is 585310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balwandgi covers 2095.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balwandgi falls under Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Balwandgi is Gaudgaon, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balwandgi.

Balwandgi is about 47 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balwandgi is in Jevargi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Afzalpur is about 22 km away. Jevargi is about 30 km away. Gaudgaon is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.