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About Balegaon Village

Balegaon is a mid sized village in Naigaon tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,555, made up of 800 males and 755 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 540.97 hectares hectares.

Balegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Naigaon
Area (hectares) 540.97 hectares
Population 1,555
Male Population 800
Female Population 755
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balegaon compares

By the 2011 count Balegaon is the 48th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents. Its 540.97 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

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 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 35 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Umri, about 12 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 Umri 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Naigaon 13 km
Nearest town Mudkhed 23 km
District headquarters Nanded 35 km

Villages closest to Balegaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Naigaon 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 1,555. That makes it the 48th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents.

Balegaon village has 800 males and 755 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balegaon has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Balegaon covers 540.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balegaon falls under Naigaon tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balegaon is Umri, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Balegaon.

Balegaon is about 35 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balegaon is in Naigaon tehsil of Nanded district. Umri is about 12 km away. Naigaon is about 13 km away. Mudkhed is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rui Kh (1.9 km), Sategaon (1.9 km) and Izatgaon (2.4 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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