About Balwaniya Village

Balwaniya is a large village in Simalwara tehsil, in the district of Dungarpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,000, made up of 1,029 males and 971 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 314403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balwaniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwaniya village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Dungarpur
Tehsil	Simalwara
Pincode	314403
Area (hectares)	371.2 hectares
Population	2,000
Male Population	1,029
Female Population	971
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balwaniya compares

By the 2011 count Balwaniya is the 42nd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 371.2 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Balwaniya

Balwaniya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balwaniya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balwaniya from other places

Balwaniya lies about 24 km from Dungarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bechhiwara, about 21 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 Balwaniya
Nearest railway station	Bechhiwara	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simalwara	24 km
District headquarters	Dungarpur	24 km
Nearest town	Dūngarpur	24 km

Villages closest to Balwaniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwaniya village had a population of 2,000. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Balwaniya village has 1,029 males and 971 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwaniya has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Balwaniya is 314403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balwaniya covers 371.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balwaniya falls under Simalwara tehsil of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Balwaniya is Bechhiwara, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balwaniya.

Balwaniya is about 24 km from Dungarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balwaniya is in Simalwara tehsil of Dungarpur district. Bechhiwara is about 21 km away. Simalwara is about 24 km away. Dungarpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.