About Balgaon Village

Balgaon is a large village in Jat tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,084, made up of 1,546 males and 1,538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1799.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Tehsil	Jat
Pincode	416413
Area (hectares)	1799.84 hectares
Population	3,084
Male Population	1,546
Female Population	1,538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balgaon compares

By the 2011 count Balgaon is the 28th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,660 residents. Its 1799.84 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Balgaon

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

How far is Balgaon from other places

Balgaon lies about 16 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Bedag, about 5.1 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 Balgaon
Nearest railway station	Bedag	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jat	16 km
District headquarters	Sangli	16 km
Nearest town	Sāngli	16 km

Villages closest to Balgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balgaon village had a population of 3,084. That makes it the 28th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,660 residents.

Balgaon village has 1,546 males and 1,538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balgaon has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Balgaon is 416413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balgaon covers 1799.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balgaon falls under Jat tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balgaon is Bedag, about 5.1 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 10+ km distance for Balgaon.

Balgaon is about 16 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balgaon is in Jat tehsil of Sangli district. Bedag is about 5.1 km away. Jat is about 16 km away. Sangli is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.