Balawas | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India3 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haryana, India |
Coordinates: | 28.9586°N 75.8192°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Haryana |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hisar |
Government Type: | Local governance |
Governing Body: | Panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 125037 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 01663 |
Registration Plate: | HR-20 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1000/870 ♂/♀ |
Iso Code: | IN-HR |
Balawas is a village in Hisar-1 Rural Development Block,[1] Nalwa Chaudhry (Vidhan Sabha constituency)[2] and Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)[3] of Hisar District of Hisar Division in the Haryana state of India.[4]
It is situated from the national capital Delhi and from the district headquarters Hisar on the Hisar-Tosham road.
Balawas is located at Hisar-Tosham road. People of all castes live in Balawas. Balawas village has government middle school. Main occupation of people is agriculture and government/private jobs. Balawas is connected to nearby villages through the road network with presence of State Transport Service and private bus services which link it to Hisar, Hansi, Tosham and Bhiwani.
After Independence of India in 1947, it became part of Punjab. Once Haryana was formed as a separate state in 1966, it became part of the Hisar district, state of Haryana State.
It is well-connected by the Matelled Asphalt (paved bitumen) road with Hisar (city) 24 km.[5]
The village does not have a rail station. The nearest major train stations accessible by road are 26km (16miles) at Hisar, 26km (16miles) at Hansi and 43 km at Bhiwani city.
Hisar Airport, the nearest functional airport and flying training club, is 26km (16miles) away. There are no commercial domestic or international flights from this airport. The nearest domestic and international airports are 200km (100miles) at Indira Gandhi International Airport at Delhi and 260km (160miles) Chandigarh International Airport.
There is a Patwari (Government Land Records Officer), an Agriculture Development Officer (ADO),[6] a Rural Health Officer, and an Anganwadi (Community Childcare) worker based at village.
Government of Haryana services are accessible via their Official website.
Government of India e-governance services can be availed online at their website for various govt departments including land & revenue (land rights and ownership records), transport (driving license and vehicle registration), health (birth and death certificates), public health (water and sewer connection), food (ration cards), power (electricity connection) and HUDA or Municipal Committee/council (house tax and building plans).[7]