About Balwani Village

Balwani is a large village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,138, made up of 1,108 males and 1,030 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 867.87 hectares hectares.

Balwani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwani village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Dahi
Area (hectares)	867.87 hectares
Population	2,138
Male Population	1,108
Female Population	1,030
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Balwani compares

By the 2011 count Balwani is the 14th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 867.87 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Balwani

Balwani is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balwani as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balwani from other places

Balwani lies about 75 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 27 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 Balwani
Nearest town	Barwāni	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Hathi gate station	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dahi	33 km
District headquarters	Dhar	75 km

Villages closest to Balwani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwani village had a population of 2,138. That makes it the 14th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Balwani village has 1,108 males and 1,030 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwani has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Balwani covers 867.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balwani falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balwani is Hathi gate station, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balwani.

Balwani is about 75 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balwani is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Barwāni is about under 2 km away. Hathi gate station is about 27 km away. Dahi is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.