Balotra

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Geography

Balotra is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[2] It has an average elevation of 106 metres (347 feet).

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A view of the city in the direction of the Balotra industrial area
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A complete view of Balotra
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Drone view of under-construction bridge in Balotra

Demographics

since 2011Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". India census,[3] Balotra city has population of 74496 of which 38715 are males and 35781 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 10984 which is 14.74% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Balotra city is around 924 compared to 928 which is average of Rajasthan state. The literacy rate of Balotra city is 64.39% out of which 73.26% males are literate and 54.78% females are literate. There are 14.2% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 3.37% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Balotra city.

Means of transport

Railway

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Balotra railway station
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Balotra railway station at night

The station code is BLT. Earlier a metre gauge line passed through Balotra that was converted to broad gauge.

Bus service

Balotra has both private and RSRTC Bus services for various cities of India like Jodhpur, Pali, Barmar, Jalore, Kota, Bikaner, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ahmadabad, Pune, Mumbai, Surat, Vadodara etc. The bus for Jodhpur and Barmar is in every 30 minutes.[5] The bus for Jalore is in every 30 minutes .[6] The bus for Pali is in every 60 minutes. The bus for cities Jaipur, Ahmedabad,[6] Pune, Surat, etc. is in both morning and nights.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The nearest airport from Balotra is Jodhpur airport, 100 km away from Balotra.

See also

References

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