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About Balsane Village

Balsane is a large village in Sakri tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,828, made up of 2,502 males and 2,326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4193 hectares hectares.

Balsane Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsane village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Dhule
Tehsil Sakri
Area (hectares) 4193 hectares
Population 4,828
Male Population 2,502
Female Population 2,326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balsane compares

By the 2011 count Balsane is the 13th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 4193 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Balsane

Balsane is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balsane as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balsane from other places

Balsane lies about 69 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Chinchpada, about 38 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 Balsane
Tehsil headquarters Sakri 24 km
Nearest railway station Chinchpada 38 km
District headquarters Dhule 69 km

Villages closest to Balsane

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsane village had a population of 4,828. That makes it the 13th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Balsane village has 2,502 males and 2,326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsane has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Balsane covers 4193 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balsane falls under Sakri tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balsane is Chinchpada, about 38 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balsane.

Balsane is about 69 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balsane is in Sakri tehsil of Dhule district. Sakri is about 24 km away. Chinchpada is about 38 km away. Dhule is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balhane (under 2 km), Shewage (1.9 km) and Dhongade Digar (2.4 km).

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

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