Balkas ഗ്രാമം, Olpad താലൂക്ക്, സൂററ്റ് ജില്ല — പിൻകോഡ് 394540, ജനസംഖ്യ, പ്രസിഡന്റ്, കാലാവസ്ഥ

Navratri (Garba) in Gujarat

Nine nights of Garba and Dandiya Raas circling a perforated earthen lamp, the garbo, or an image of Amba — dancers moving anticlockwise, singing and clapping together. Garba of Gujarat was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2023, the fifteenth element from India to join it.

The regional form observed across Gujarat. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.

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LGD code: 523763
Pincode: 394540
Post office: Olpad
Population: 846
Households: 190
Literacy rate: 68.6%
Sex ratio: 972 ♀/1000♂
Workers: 447

2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ

Balkas താരതമ്യം

By population, Balkas ranks #71 of 103 villages in Olpad mandal.

Literacy rate

68.6%

−4.2% vs mandal average

Balkas: 68.6%
Olpad mandal: 72.8%
Surat district: 75.2%

Sex ratio

♀ per 1000 ♂

972

+50 vs mandal average

Balkas: 972
Olpad mandal: 922

Household size

people per home

4.5

−0.1 vs mandal average

Balkas: 4.5
Olpad mandal: 4.6

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

Balkas ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ

Balkas ഗുജറാത്ത്യിലെ സൂററ്റ് ജില്ല, Olpad താലൂക്ക്ൽ 846 പേർ 190 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Olpad താലൂക്ക്ലെ 103 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 71-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 69%, താലൂക്ക് ശരാശരി 73% നേക്കാൾ 4 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 972 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 394540, Olpad പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 523763. ഗ്രാമം Vagra നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 997, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.

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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balkas

Treated tap water: No
Untreated tap water: Yes
Well water: No
Hand pump: Yes
Tube well / borewell: No
Electricity for homes: Yes
Electricity for farms: Yes
Power hours (summer): 24
Power hours (winter): 24
Primary school: 1
Middle school: 0
Secondary school: 0
Senior secondary: 0
Degree college: 0
Primary health centre: 0
Health sub-centre: 0
Community health centre: 0
Dispensary: 0
Veterinary hospital: 0
Post office: No
Sub post office: No
Commercial bank: No
Cooperative bank: No
ATM: No
Public bus service: Yes
Private bus service: No
Railway station: No
Pucca (paved) road: Yes
Anganwadi centre: Yes
ASHA worker: Yes
Fair-price shop: Yes
Mandi / regular market: No
Weekly haat: No
Nearest statutory town: SURAT
Distance to nearest town (km): 12
Distance to district HQ (km): 12
Distance to sub-district HQ (km): 7
All-weather road: Yes
Gram panchayat (2011): BALKAS
Total area (ha): 463.11
Irrigated area (ha): 375.8
Forest area (ha): 0

Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.

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പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Balkas

LGD code: 523763
Pincode: 394540
Post office: Olpad
Population (Census 2011): 846
Population (projected 2026): 997
Households: 190
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males): 972
Literacy rate: 68.6%
Lok Sabha constituency: Bharuch
Vidhan Sabha constituency: Vagra
Member of Parliament: Mansukhbhai Vasava
Member of Legislative Assembly: Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana
Block / Mandal: Olpad
Nearest PHC: Jivandeep Clinic (18.7 km)

Demographics — Census 2011 + 2026 estimate + NFHS-5

Population, education, health & sanitation

India's last full census was 2011 · 2026 figures are RGI projections · NFHS-5 (2019-21) covers the Surat district level

Then & Now

Balkas — Census 2011 to projected 2026

Population · 2011

846

Census 2011 baseline

+17.8%

Population · 2026

997

RGI / state CAGR projection

Households · 2011

190

Census 2011 baseline

+17.9%

Households · 2026

224

RGI / state CAGR projection

2011 = decadal Census of India. 2026 = forward-projection from state-level CAGR — working estimate, refines when the next Census publishes.

Census 2011

Canonical baseline · last full census · village-level

Population: 846Census 2011
Households: 190Census 2011
Literacy rate: 68.6%Census 2011
Sex ratio: 972 ♀/1000♂Census 2011

2026 estimate

Projected from 2011 + state CAGR · live ECI electorate

Est. population: 9972026 proj. · +17.8% vs 2011
Est. households: 2242026 projection
Active job cards: 66,835MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
HHs worked (FY): 31,923MGNREGA · district · Feb 2024-2025
State electorate: 4,91,67,754ECI Lok Sabha 2024 final roll

NFHS-5 (2019-21)

National Family Health Survey · district overlay

Sex ratio @ birth: 890NFHS-5 district
Female literacy: 84.2%NFHS-5 district
Electricity: 99.3%NFHS-5 district
Improved sanitation: 82.0%NFHS-5 district
Children vaccinated: —NFHS-5 district
Anaemia (women): 69.0%NFHS-5 district

Post-2011 updates

Central-government dashboards · sourced from data.gov.in · refreshed when the ministry publishes

Tap water at homedistrict level: 100.0%Jal Jeevan Mission · Dec 2023 · Surat district
Rural houses builtdistrict level: 5,68,624PMAY-G · 5,68,624 of 9,02,354 sanctioned · Mar 2025 · Surat district
Toilets builtdistrict level: 5,60,046Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin · Dec 2023 · Surat district

Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.

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Healthcare

PHC · clinic
Jivandeep Clinic
📍 18.7 km awayOSM
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Hospital
Child Hospital
📍 19.0 km awayOSM
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PHC · clinic
Sai Clinic & Occupational Health Centre
📍 19.3 km awayOSM
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Gujarat Adds 63.35 Lakh Farmers to Digital Registry Linked with Aadhaar and Land Records
GK Today7h ago
Gujarat adds 63.35 lakh farmers to digital registry, links Aadhaar
BusinessLineyesterday
21 Gujarat Farmers Charged as Effigies of Modi, Shah Burnt to Protest Adani Project
clarionindia.netyesterday
Digital agriculture drive: 'Farmer Registry' crosses 63.35 lakh registrations in Gujarat
The New Indian Expressyesterday
Gujarat Highway Project: NHAI signs MoU with SSNNL
Utkarsh Classesyesterday
NHAI, SSNNL sign MoU to fast-track highway, canal and pipeline crossings in Gujarat
The New Indian Expressyesterday

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Balkas പിൻകോഡ് എന്താണ്?

ഗുജറാത്ത്, സൂററ്റ് ജില്ല, Olpad താലൂക്ക്ലെ Balkas പിൻകോഡ് 394540. പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസ് Olpad.

Balkasയിലേക്ക് ഏത് പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസ് തപാൽ എത്തിക്കുന്നു?

Balkasയിലേക്കുള്ള തപാൽ സൂററ്റ് ജില്ല, Olpad താലൂക്ക്ലെ Olpad പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസ് (പിൻകോഡ് 394540) വഴി എത്തുന്നു.

Balkas ഏത് ജില്ലയിലാണ്?

Balkas ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ഗുജറാത്ത്, സൂററ്റ് ജില്ല, Olpad താലൂക്ക്ലെ ഗ്രാമമാണ്.

2011 സെൻസസ് പ്രകാരം Balkas ജനസംഖ്യ എത്ര?

2011 സെൻസസ് പ്രകാരം Balkas ഗ്രാമത്തിലെ ജനസംഖ്യ 846 190 കുടുംബങ്ങളിലായി.

Balkas സാക്ഷരതാ നിരക്ക് എത്ര?

2011 സെൻസസ് പ്രകാരം Balkas ഗ്രാമത്തിലെ സാക്ഷരത 68.6%.

Balkas ലിംഗാനുപാതം എത്ര?

2011 സെൻസസ് പ്രകാരം Balkas ഗ്രാമത്തിൽ 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 972 സ്ത്രീകൾ.

Balkas എംഎൽഎ ആരാണ്?

Balkas Vagra നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ് (AC 151). ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ എംഎൽഎ Arunsinh Ajitsinh Rana (BJP).

Balkas എംപി ആരാണ്?

Balkas Bharuch ലോക്സഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്. ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ എംപി Mansukhbhai Vasava (BJP).

2026ൽ Balkas ജനസംഖ്യ എത്ര?

2026ൽ Balkas ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 997, 2011ലെ 846നെക്കാൾ ഏകദേശം 18% കൂടുതൽ (സംസ്ഥാന വളർച്ചാ നിരക്ക് പ്രകാരം).

Balkas LGD കോഡ് എന്താണ്?

Balkas ഗ്രാമത്തിന്റെ LGD കോഡ് 523763.

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Sources & freshness

Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)