# Balwari Kalan Village, Gandhwani, Dhar (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Gandhwani, Dhar 

# Balwari Kalan

Balwari Kalan is a village in Gandhwani sub-district of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **418 people in 66 households**, the 113th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 43.3%.

- 418people (2011)
- 66households
- 50.4%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Balwari Kalan PIN code and other codes

Balwari Kalan falls in Gandhwani sub-district, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockGandhwani
- Census village code475266

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Balwari Kalan from nearby towns?

- Dhar (district HQ)77 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Balwari Kalan?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Balwari Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Gandhwani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Manawar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhmnod
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Balwari Kalan known for?

The main crops are **makka, soyabean and cotton**. About 46% of the 166 hectares of village land is sown, and 51 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Balwari Kalan

Of every 100 households in Balwari Kalan in 2011, 95 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balwari Kalan · ■ Gandhwani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****83%**

**40%

Television ****9%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**60%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Balwari Kalan?

■ Balwari Kalan · ■ Gandhwani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.4%**

**43.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**1009

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1367**

**983

Working population ****53.8%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 39.1% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 118 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (37%) · **■** Other work 23 (10%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gandhwani

- Acharkunda458 people
- Umarkuwa Khurd451 people
- Jalokhiya442 people
- Gungidevi436 people
- Amghata417 people
- Golpura Pada401 people
- Borda400 people
- Virpurpada396 people

[All 150 villages in Gandhwani](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/dhar/gandhwani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balwari Kalan from Dhar?77 km by road
- What is the population of Balwari Kalan?418 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balwari Kalan in?Dhar district (Gandhwani sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balwari Kalan?50.4% (Census 2011)