About Balwari Village

Balwari is a mid sized village in Gandhwani tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 585, made up of 298 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.21 hectares hectares.

Balwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwari village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Gandhwani
Area (hectares)	432.21 hectares
Population	585
Male Population	298
Female Population	287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Balwari compares

By the 2011 count Balwari is the 98th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 432.21 hectares work out to about 1.4 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Balwari

Balwari 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 Balwari as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Balwari from other places

Balwari 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
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

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwari village had a population of 585. That makes it the 98th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Balwari village has 298 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwari has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Balwari covers 432.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balwari is Tanda Road, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Balwari 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 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.