About Balwari Kalan Village

Balwari Kalan is a small village in Gandhwani tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 208 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.08 hectares hectares.

Balwari Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwari Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Gandhwani
Area (hectares)	166.08 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	208
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balwari Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Balwari Kalan is the 112th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 166.08 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Balwari Kalan

Balwari Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balwari Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Balwari Kalan from other places

Balwari Kalan lies about 39 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 20 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 Balwari Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Gandhwani	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Road	20 km
Nearest town	Manāwar	22 km
District headquarters	Dhar	39 km

Villages closest to Balwari Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gandhwani 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 Balwari Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwari Kalan village had a population of 418. That makes it the 112th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Balwari Kalan village has 208 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwari Kalan has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Balwari Kalan covers 166.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balwari Kalan falls under Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balwari Kalan is Tanda Road, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balwari Kalan.

Balwari Kalan is about 39 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balwari Kalan is in Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district. Gandhwani is about 7.8 km away. Tanda Road is about 20 km away. Manāwar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.