About Balsur Village

Balsur is one of the larger villages in Umarga tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,271, made up of 3,219 males and 3,052 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2536 hectares hectares.

Balsur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsur village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Osmanabad
Tehsil	Umarga
Area (hectares)	2536 hectares
Population	6,271
Male Population	3,219
Female Population	3,052
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balsur compares

By the 2011 count Balsur is the 8th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents. Its 2536 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 941.

Getting to Balsur

Balsur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balsur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balsur from other places

Balsur lies about 62 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Harangul, about 55 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 Balsur
Tehsil headquarters	Umarga	11 km
Nearest railway station	Harangul	55 km
District headquarters	Osmanabad	62 km

Villages closest to Balsur

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

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Common questions about Balsur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsur village had a population of 6,271. That makes it the 8th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents.

Balsur village has 3,219 males and 3,052 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsur has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

Balsur covers 2536 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balsur falls under Umarga tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balsur is Harangul, about 55 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 - 10 km distance for Balsur.

Balsur is about 62 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balsur is in Umarga tehsil of Osmanabad district. Umarga is about 11 km away. Harangul is about 55 km away. Osmanabad is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.