About Balasar Village

Balasar is a small village in Shergarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 348, made up of 185 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balasar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balasar village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Shergarh
Pincode	345021
Area (hectares)	633.79 hectares
Population	348
Male Population	185
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balasar compares

By the 2011 count Balasar is the 378th largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 633.79 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Balasar

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

How far is Balasar from other places

Balasar lies about 53 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Tivari, 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 Balasar
Tehsil headquarters	Shergarh	21 km
Nearest railway station	Tivari	43 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	53 km

Villages closest to Balasar

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.

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Common questions about Balasar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balasar village had a population of 348. That makes it the 378th largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Balasar village has 185 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balasar has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Balasar is 345021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balasar covers 633.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balasar falls under Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Balasar is Tivari, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balasar.

Balasar is about 53 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balasar is in Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district. Shergarh is about 21 km away. Tivari is about 43 km away. Jodhpur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.