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About Balantwadi Village

Balantwadi is a mid sized village in Kandhar tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 743, made up of 397 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.86 hectares hectares.

Balantwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balantwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Kandhar
Area (hectares) 395.86 hectares
Population 743
Male Population 397
Female Population 346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balantwadi compares

By the 2011 count Balantwadi is the 100th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents. Its 395.86 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 939.

Getting to Balantwadi

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

Balantwadi lies about 26 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Jambhali, about 8.9 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 Balantwadi
Nearest railway station Jambhali 8.9 km
Nearest town Mudkhed 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandhar 26 km
District headquarters Nanded 26 km

Villages closest to Balantwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balantwadi village had a population of 743. That makes it the 100th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents.

Balantwadi village has 397 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balantwadi has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Balantwadi covers 395.86 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.

Balantwadi falls under Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balantwadi is Jambhali, about 8.9 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 Balantwadi.

Balantwadi is about 26 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balantwadi is in Kandhar tehsil of Nanded district. Jambhali is about 8.9 km away. Mudkhed is about 10 km away. Kandhar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramanaik Tanda (5.5 km), Shriganwadi (7.7 km) and Ghagardarwadi (17 km).

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

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