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- LGD code
- 522424
- Pincode
- 394810
- Post office
- Ilav
- Population
- 1,205
- Households
- 281
- Literacy rate
- 74.1%
- Sex ratio
- 966 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 608
Census 2011 · in context
How Balota compares
By population, Balota ranks #16 of 45 villages in Hansot mandal.
Literacy rate
%
74.1%
+2.2% vs mandal average
- Balota
- 74.1%
- Hansot mandal
- 71.9%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
966
+18 vs mandal average
- Balota
- 966
- Hansot mandal
- 948
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Balota
- 4.3
- Hansot mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balota at a glance
Balota is a village of 1,205 people in 281 households (Census 2011) in Hansot taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 16th-largest of 45 villages in Hansot taluka. Literacy is 74%, 2 points above the taluka average of 72% and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 394810, served by Ilav post office; the LGD village code is 522424. The village votes in Bharuch assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rameshbhai Narandas Mistry. The population is estimated at 1,421 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balota
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANKLESVAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BALOTA
- Total area (ha)
- 1,315.91
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 850.06
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balota
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balota
- LGD code
- 522424
- Pincode
- 394810
- Post office
- Ilav
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,205
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,421
- Households
- 281
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 966
- Literacy rate
- 74.1%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bharuch
- Member of Parliament
- Mansukhbhai Vasava
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rameshbhai Narandas Mistry
- Block / Mandal
- Hansot
- Nearest PHC
- Faiz Clinic (4.2 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (2.8 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Tham (8.0 km)
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View all 45+ →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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)