About Balawas Village

Balawas is a small village in Todabhim tehsil, in the district of Karauli, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 476, made up of 246 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 322238, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balawas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balawas village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Karauli
Tehsil	Todabhim
Pincode	322238
Area (hectares)	270.11 hectares
Population	476
Male Population	246
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balawas compares

By the 2011 count Balawas is the 121st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 270.11 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 867.

Getting to Balawas

Balawas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balawas 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balawas from other places

Balawas lies about 43 km from Karauli, and the nearest railway station is Hindaun City, about 19 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 Balawas
Tehsil headquarters	Todabhim	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Hindaun City	19 km
District headquarters	Karauli	43 km

Villages closest to Balawas

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Balawas

As per the Census of India 2011, Balawas village had a population of 476. That makes it the 121st largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Balawas village has 246 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balawas has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 867.

The pincode recorded for Balawas is 322238. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balawas covers 270.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balawas falls under Todabhim tehsil of Karauli district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Balawas is Hindaun City, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balawas.

Balawas is about 43 km from Karauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balawas is in Todabhim tehsil of Karauli district. Todabhim is about 8.8 km away. Hindaun City is about 19 km away. Karauli is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.