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About Balawate Village

Balawate is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 110 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balawate Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balawate village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Mori
Pincode 249128
Area (hectares) 77.11 hectares
Population 221
Male Population 110
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balawate compares

By the 2011 count Balawate is the 71st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 77.11 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Balawate

Balawate is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balawate as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Adasu, Arakot, Barnali and Bhakwar. 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 Balawate

As per the Census of India 2011, Balawate village had a population of 221. That makes it the 71st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Balawate village has 110 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balawate has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Balawate is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balawate covers 77.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balawate falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Balawate notes the nearest railway station 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 km distance for Balawate.

Balawate is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi 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 Balawate today is likely to be higher.

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