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About Balawadi Village

Balawadi is a small village in Pusad tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 426, made up of 226 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.29 hectares hectares.

Balawadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balawadi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Pusad
Area (hectares) 362.29 hectares
Population 426
Male Population 226
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balawadi compares

By the 2011 count Balawadi is the 160th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,484 residents. Its 362.29 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Balawadi

Balawadi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balawadi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Balawadi from other places

Balawadi lies about 87 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Bolda, about 43 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 Balawadi
Tehsil headquarters Pusad 14 km
Nearest railway station Bolda 43 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 87 km

Villages closest to Balawadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balawadi village had a population of 426. That makes it the 160th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,484 residents.

Balawadi village has 226 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balawadi has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Balawadi covers 362.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balawadi falls under Pusad tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Balawadi is Bolda, about 43 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balawadi.

Balawadi is about 87 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balawadi is in Pusad tehsil of Yavatmal district. Pusad is about 14 km away. Bolda is about 43 km away. Yavatmal is about 87 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bibi (under 2 km), Dharamwadi (2.3 km) and Asoli (2.7 km).

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

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