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About Balegaon Village

Balegaon is a mid sized village in Akot tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,353, made up of 700 males and 653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 933.73 hectares hectares.

Balegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Akot
Area (hectares) 933.73 hectares
Population 1,353
Male Population 700
Female Population 653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balegaon compares

By the 2011 count Balegaon is the 33rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 933.73 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 958.

Getting to Balegaon

Balegaon 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 Balegaon 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balegaon from other places

Balegaon lies about 36 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Patsul, about 3.1 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 Balegaon
Nearest railway station Patsul 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Akot 7.7 km
District headquarters Akola 36 km

Villages closest to Balegaon

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

Common questions about Balegaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Balegaon village had a population of 1,353. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Balegaon village has 700 males and 653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balegaon has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Balegaon covers 933.73 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.

Balegaon falls under Akot tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balegaon is Patsul, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balegaon.

Balegaon is about 36 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balegaon is in Akot tehsil of Akola district. Patsul is about 3.1 km away. Akot is about 7.7 km away. Akola is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alegaon (under 2 km), Warula (under 2 km) and Wani (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balegaon today is likely to be higher.

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