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About Balegaon Village

Balegaon is a large village in Basmath tehsil, in the district of Hingoli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,024, made up of 1,079 males and 945 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1065 hectares hectares.

Balegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Hingoli
Tehsil Basmath
Area (hectares) 1065 hectares
Population 2,024
Male Population 1,079
Female Population 945
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balegaon compares

By the 2011 count Balegaon is the 34th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 1065 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Balegaon

Balegaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balegaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Balegaon from other places

Balegaon lies about 42 km from Hingoli, and the nearest railway station is Basmat, about 14 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 Basmat 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Basmath 14 km
District headquarters Hingoli 42 km

Villages closest to Balegaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basmath 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 2,024. That makes it the 34th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Balegaon village has 1,079 males and 945 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balegaon has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Balegaon covers 1065 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balegaon falls under Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balegaon is Basmat, about 14 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 <5 km distance for Balegaon.

Balegaon is about 42 km from Hingoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balegaon is in Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district. Basmat is about 14 km away. Basmath is about 14 km away. Hingoli is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darephal (2.3 km), Wiregaon (2.5 km) and Reulgaon (2.7 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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