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About Balgavade Village

Balgavade is a large village in Tasgaon tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,261, made up of 1,164 males and 1,097 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 823 hectares hectares.

Balgavade Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balgavade village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sangli
Tehsil Tasgaon
Area (hectares) 823 hectares
Population 2,261
Male Population 1,164
Female Population 1,097
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 942
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balgavade compares

By the 2011 count Balgavade is the 34th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,139 residents. Its 823 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Balgavade

Balgavade is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balgavade 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. The nearest villages by name are Alate, Anjani, Arwade and Bastawade. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balgavade

As per the Census of India 2011, Balgavade village had a population of 2,261. That makes it the 34th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,139 residents.

Balgavade village has 1,164 males and 1,097 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balgavade has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Balgavade covers 823 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balgavade falls under Tasgaon tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Balgavade notes the nearest railway station 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 Balgavade.

Balgavade is in Tasgaon tehsil of Sangli district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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