Balkas, Olpad
Balkas is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Olpad Taluk in Surat district of Gujarat, which falls under Olpad block. It belongs to Surat parliament constituency and Olpad assembly constituency. Aashaben Atensinh Thakor is the President of Balkas Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address aashabenthakor@gmail.com and mobile number 97287xxx97. The Secretary is Sadhana Pravinbhai Patel, who can be reached at email address sadhanapatel5702@gmail.com and mobile number 95105xxx99. The Panchayat address is Balkash TA Olpad Dist Surat, Pincode - 395005. You can reach there by taking a bus till Balkas bus stop. The Panchayat has homestay option.
As on November 2024, the current population of Balkas is 1 thousands out of which 518 are males and rest 504 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 973 females per 1000 males. There are around 102 teenagers in Balkas. It has literacy rate of 69% which means around 701 persons can read and write. Total 5 people belonging to scheduled caste and 350 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 229 households in Balkas, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 540. The pincode of Balkas is 394540 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Olpad Sub Post office
- Orma Branch Post office
- Pardi Bhadol Branch Post office
- Sondla Khara Branch Post office
- Vadod Branch Post office
Schools
Balkas has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
Banks
Balkas has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Bhatgam, Gujarat
- Bank of Baroda Olpad
- Bank of Baroda Kundiyana BR., Dist Surat, Gujarat
- Bank of Baroda Masma BR., Dist. Surat, Gujarat
- Bank of Baroda Olpad, Dist Surat
Covered villages
Balkas Gram Panchayat manages total 1 villages.
- Balkas