About Bolaj Village

Bolaj is a small village in Kolaras tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 258 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 764 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.75 hectares hectares.

Bolaj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bolaj village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Kolaras
Area (hectares)	176.75 hectares
Population	455
Male Population	258
Female Population	197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	764
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Bolaj compares

By the 2011 count Bolaj is the 119th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 176.75 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Bolaj

Bolaj 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 Bolaj as Available within village. 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 Bolaj from other places

Bolaj lies about 15 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Khonker, about 11 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 Bolaj
Nearest railway station	Khonker	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolaras	11 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	15 km

Villages closest to Bolaj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bolaj village had a population of 455. That makes it the 119th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Bolaj village has 258 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bolaj has about 764 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Bolaj covers 176.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bolaj falls under Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bolaj is Khonker, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Bolaj is about 15 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bolaj is in Kolaras tehsil of Shivpuri district. Khonker is about 11 km away. Kolaras is about 11 km away. Shivpuri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.