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About Balod Village

Balod is a mid sized village in Keshoraipatan tehsil, in the district of Bundi, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 733, made up of 392 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 652 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 323303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balod village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Bundi
Tehsil Keshoraipatan
Pincode 323303
Area (hectares) 652 hectares
Population 733
Male Population 392
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balod compares

By the 2011 count Balod is the 58th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 652 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 933.

Getting to Balod

Balod is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balod as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balod from other places

Balod lies about 46 km from Bundi, and the nearest railway station is Arnetha, about 8.2 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 Balod
Nearest town Kāpren 5.5 km
Nearest railway station Arnetha 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Keshoraipatan 17 km
District headquarters Bundi 46 km

Villages closest to Balod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balod village had a population of 733. That makes it the 58th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Balod village has 392 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balod has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Balod is 323303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balod covers 652 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balod falls under Keshoraipatan tehsil of Bundi district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Balod is Arnetha, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balod.

Balod is about 46 km from Bundi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balod is in Keshoraipatan tehsil of Bundi district. Kāpren is about 5.5 km away. Arnetha is about 8.2 km away. Keshoraipatan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jagdari (2.9 km), Dolar (4.4 km) and Roteda (5.2 km).

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

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