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About Balesar Durgawatan Village

Balesar Durgawatan is a large village in Shergarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,939, made up of 2,588 males and 2,351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 715.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balesar Durgawatan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balesar Durgawatan village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Shergarh
Pincode 342023
Area (hectares) 715.1 hectares
Population 4,939
Male Population 2,588
Female Population 2,351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balesar Durgawatan compares

By the 2011 count Balesar Durgawatan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 715.1 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Balesar Durgawatan

Balesar Durgawatan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balesar Durgawatan as Available within <5 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 Balesar Durgawatan from other places

Balesar Durgawatan lies about 52 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Tivari, about 42 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 Balesar Durgawatan
Tehsil headquarters Shergarh 22 km
Nearest railway station Tivari 42 km
District headquarters Jodhpur 52 km

Villages closest to Balesar Durgawatan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shergarh 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 Balesar Durgawatan

As per the Census of India 2011, Balesar Durgawatan village had a population of 4,939. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Balesar Durgawatan village has 2,588 males and 2,351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balesar Durgawatan has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Balesar Durgawatan is 342023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balesar Durgawatan covers 715.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balesar Durgawatan falls under Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Balesar Durgawatan is Tivari, about 42 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 village for Balesar Durgawatan.

Balesar Durgawatan is about 52 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balesar Durgawatan is in Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district. Shergarh is about 22 km away. Tivari is about 42 km away. Jodhpur is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balasar (2.2 km), Balesar Satan (2.2 km) and Lalsar (2.2 km).

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

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