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About Balu Patlachiwadi Village

Balu Patlachiwadi is a mid sized village in Khandala tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 519 males and 500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245 hectares hectares.

Balu Patlachiwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balu Patlachiwadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Khandala
Area (hectares) 245 hectares
Population 1,019
Male Population 519
Female Population 500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 963
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balu Patlachiwadi compares

By the 2011 count Balu Patlachiwadi is the 41st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 245 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Balu Patlachiwadi

Balu Patlachiwadi 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 Balu Patlachiwadi 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 Balu Patlachiwadi from other places

Balu Patlachiwadi lies about 147 km from Satara, and the nearest railway station is Palasdhari Station, 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 Balu Patlachiwadi
Nearest railway station Palasdhari Station 12 km
Nearest town Karjat 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Khandala 18 km
District headquarters Satara 147 km

Villages closest to Balu Patlachiwadi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khandala 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 Balu Patlachiwadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Balu Patlachiwadi village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 41st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Balu Patlachiwadi village has 519 males and 500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balu Patlachiwadi has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 950.

Balu Patlachiwadi covers 245 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balu Patlachiwadi falls under Khandala tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balu Patlachiwadi is Palasdhari Station, 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 Balu Patlachiwadi.

Balu Patlachiwadi is about 147 km from Satara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balu Patlachiwadi is in Khandala tehsil of Satara district. Palasdhari Station is about 12 km away. Karjat is about 13 km away. Khandala is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bavkalwadi (under 2 km), Dhawadwadi (under 2 km) and Ghadgewadi (under 2 km).

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

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