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About Balanagar Village

Balanagar is a small village in Shergarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 212 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 774 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balanagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balanagar village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Shergarh
Pincode 342022
Area (hectares) 420 hectares
Population 376
Male Population 212
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 774
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balanagar compares

By the 2011 count Balanagar is the 362nd largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 420 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 907.

Getting to Balanagar

Balanagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balanagar 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bagtan Nagar, Bahadur Nagar, Bahadurgarh and Bakasar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balanagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balanagar village had a population of 376. That makes it the 362nd largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Balanagar village has 212 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balanagar has about 774 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Balanagar is 342022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balanagar covers 420 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balanagar falls under Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The census record for Balanagar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balanagar.

Balanagar is in Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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