Balika Vadhu

Anandi returns to her in-laws. Jagdish and Anandi are in love. Basant's father, Mahavir Singh, returns. Jagdish goes to Mumbai for his college education. In the meantime, he falls in love with his colleague, Gauri, and insults Anandi for being uneducated.

Jagdish completes his MBBS and wants to marry Gauri. He tells Anandi that he does not love her. Jagdish's father, Bhairon breaks all ties with him. Gauri finds that Jagdish and Anandi are married and decides to leave him. Later, Jagdish marries and Anandi allows him to live with Gauri, thinking that marriage should be founded on love and not force.

Later, Anandi is blamed for her miscarriage, which makes her vengeful towards her in-laws. She starts to educate the village girls, fights against child marriage, and decides to move on by divorcing Jagdish. Anandi meets district collector Shivraj "Shiv" Shekhar, who is impressed with her. Jagdish finds that Gauri is cheating on him and divorces her, realizing his mistake. Anandi marries Shiv and forgives Jagdish. They remain friends.

Jagdish helps another child marriage victim, Ganga in fulfilling her dream of being educated and becoming a nurse. Jagdish marriage is fixed with Shiv's sister, Saanchi. Ganga's husband, Ratan Singh is arrested and Ganga divorces him. Jagdish and Saanchi are engaged. Meanwhile, He completes his MS. Jagdish marries Ganga who initially refused by Jagdish's family. Saanchi feels offended and tries to ruin them, but in vain. Ganga and her son, Mannu are accepted by her in-laws and Ganga and Jagdish have a son, Abhimanyu. Shiv's father, Anoop returns. Anandhi and Shiv adopt an orphan, Amol who suffers from osteoarthritis. Saanchi realizes her mistakes and marries a lawyer, Vivek Kabra.

Later, Anandi and Shiv help Amol to regain his ability to walk. Shiv dies while trying to Udaipur from a terrorist attack. Amol is found by his real parents, but they give him to Anandi. Shortly after Shiv's death, Anandi gives birth to their twin children, Nandini and Shivam. A goon, Akhiraj Singh kidnaps Nandini and renames her Nimboli. He gets Nimboli married to his son, Kundan to avenge Anandi for preventing Kundan's wedding with a child bride.

Nandini who known as Nimboli, faces hardships of child marriage and domestic violence. Anandi and Jagdish are searching for her. Kundan is remarried to another girl, Urmi. Jagdish finally finds Nandini, who refused to meet her mother. Later, Nandini finds about her kidnapping and reunites with her family.

Later, Kalyani dies and Akhiraj tries to kill Anandi, Jagdish, Nandini and Shivam but fails. He shoots Anandi who protects Nandini and Shivam. In the ensuing action, Jagdish shoots Akhiraj to death. Nandini and Shivam fall into a river together with Anandi, who succumbs to injuries. Jagdish and Ganga presume all three of them to be dead. Nandini and Shivam travel to immerse Anandi's ashes and eventually are put in an orphanage. A few days later, Shivam is arrested for murdering a man who tried to rape Nandini and as a result they get separated.

Nandini is grown up and has been adopted by a man named Naren Shekhawat. She has become a physician after Anandhi's death opens medical corner of Rajasthan named Anandi Memorial, fulfilling her promise to Anandi.

Shivam, now a gangster is mad because Nandini asked him to leave after the rape attempt at the orphanage. Nandini falls in love with medical student, Krish Malhotra and they marry. Nandini finds out that Kundan is Krish's stepfather and the groom she chose for Naren's daughter, Sudha is actually Shivam.

Nandini reunites with Shivam. The police kills Kundan after he kidnaps Nandini to forcefully remarry her while threatening Sudha's life and good prevails evil. In the epilogue, Nandini summarizes the whole story through Anandi's childhood to her present and writes it down in a book named Balika Vadhu.

• Pratyusha Banerjee / Toral Rasputra as Anandi Khajaan Singh Kumar /Anandi Jagdish Singh Kumar / Anandi Shivraj Shekhar : Khajaan and Bhagwati's daughter; Jagdish's ex-wife; Shivraj's wife; Nandini and Shivam's mother; Amol's adoptive mother (2010–16) (dead)
  • Avika Gor as Child Anandi Jagdish Singh Kumar (2008–10)
• Shashank Vyas / Shakti Anand as Dr. Jagdish "Jagya" Singh: Bhairon and Sumitra's son; Sugna's brother; Gauri's ex-fiancé; Anandi and Gauri -husband; Ganga's husband; Mannu's step-father; Abhimanyu's father (2010–15) (2015–16)
  • Avinash Mukherjee as Child Jagdish Singh (2008–10)
• Sidharth Shukla as Shivraj "Shiv" Shekhar: Alok and Iravati's son; Sanchi's brother; Anandi's second husband; Nandini and Shivam's father; Amol's adoptive father (2012–15) (dead)
• Mahhi Vij as Dr. Nandini Malhotra Shekhar: Anandi and Shivraj's daughter; Naren and Jamuna's adopted daughter; Shivam's sister; Krish's wife (2016)
  • Gracy Goswami as Child Nandini "Nimboli" Shekhar (2015–16)
• Ruslaan Mumtaz as Dr. Krish Malhotra: Kundan's step-son; Nandini's husband (2016)
• Surekha Sikri as Kalyani Devi Singh – Dharamveer's widow; Bhairon and Basant's mother; Jagdish and Sugna's grandmother (2008–16) (Dead)
• Sriti Jha / Sargun Mehta / Aasiya Kazi as Ganga Singh: Ratan's first wife; Jagdish's second wife; Mannu and Abhimanyu's mother (2013–15) (2015–16)
  • Roshni Walia as Child Ganga Singh (2013)
• Anjum Farooki / Deblina Chatterjee as Dr. Gauri Jagdish Singh Kumar Jagdish's former fiancée (2010–12) (2014)
  • Mahima Makwana as Child Gauri Singh (2010)
• Anup Soni as Bhairon Singh: Sumitra's husband; Jagdish and Sugna's father (2008–14)
• Smita Bansal as Sumitra Singh: Bhairon's wife; Jagdish and Sugna's mother (2008–14)

• Dishank Arora as Shivam Shekhar: Anandi and Shivraj's son; Nandini's brother; Sudha's fiancé (2016)
  • Viren Vazirani as Child Shivam Shekhar (2015–2016)
• Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Kundan Singh: Akhiraj and Harki's son; Kamli's brother; Urmila's former husband; Krish's step-father (2016)
  • Sparsh Srivastav / Karan Pahwa as Young Kundan Singh (2015–2016)
• Yukti Kapoor as Sudha Shekhwat: Naren and Jamuna's daughter; Shivam's fiancée (2016)
• Shahab Khan as Naren Shekhwat: Jamuna's husband; Nandini's adopted father; Sudha's father (2016)
• Neetu Pandey as Jamuna Shekhwat: Naren's wife; Nandini's adopted mother; Sudha's mother (2016)
• Roop Durgapal as Sanchi Shekhar / Kabra: Alok and Iravati's daughter; Shivraj's sister; Vivek's wife (2012–2015)
• Jaineeraj Rajpurohit as Alok Shekhar: Premkishore's son; Anoop's brother; Iravati's husband; Shivraj and Sanchi's father (2012–2015)
• Sonal Jha as Iravati Shekhar: Alok's wife; Shivraj and Sanchi's mother (2012–2015)
• Anita Kulkarni as Meenakshi Shekhar: Anoop's wife (2012–2015)
• Avinash Wadhawan / Akshay Anand as Anoop Shekhar: Premkishore's son; Meenakshi's husband (2013–2014) (2014–2015)
• Shbuham Jha as Amol Shekhar: Shivraj and Anandi's adopted son (2014-2015)
• Satyajit Sharma as Basant Dharamveer Singh / Mahaveer Singh: Jamuna and Gehna husband, Nandu and Bhaivri father (2008–2014)
• Neha Marda / Sheetal Khandal as Gehna Singh: Basant former wife, Nandu and Bhaivri mother (2008–12) (2012–15)
• Sanjay Basak as Nandkishore Singh aka Nandu: Basant and Gehna son (2012–2015)
• Sunil Singh as Akhiraj Singh: Harki's husband; Kundan and Kamli's father (2015–2016) (dead)
• Rudrakshi Gupta as Harki Singh: Akhiraj's wife; Kundan and Kamli's mother (2015–2016) (dead)
• Farah Hussain as Kamli Singh: Akhiraj and Harki's daughter; Kundan's sister; Pushkar's wife (2015–2016)
• Tisha Kapoor as Urmila Singh: Kundan's former wife (2015–2016) (dead)
• Sudhir Pandey as Premkishore Shekhar: Alok and Anoop father, Iravati and Meena father in-law, Shiv, Sanchi and Mahi grandfather (2012–2015)
• Sushmita Mukherjee as Subhadra (2014–2015)
• Gaurav Bajaj as Hardik (2014)
• Nidhi Jha / Sonam Lamba as Gulli (2011–2013) (2014)
• Mohit Abrol as Anuj (2014)
• Vimarsh Roshan as Advocate Vivek Roshan Kabra (2013–2015)
• Sonal Handa as Saurabh Roshan Kabra (2013–2014)
• Bobby Parvez as Roshan Kabra (2014)
• Shalini Arora as Suman Roshan Kabra (2014–2015)
• Farhina Parvez as Rakhi Roshan Kabra (2014)
• Abhishek Tiwari as Mahi Anoop Shekhar (2012–2014)
• Reena Aggarwal as Ashima (2012–2013)
• Chandresh Singh as Ratan Singh (2013–2015) (dead)
• Vibha Anand / Janvi Chheda as Sugna Singh: Bhairon and Sumitra's daughter; Jagdish's sister; Shyam's wife; Varun's mother (2008–2010) (2011–2013)
• Vikrant Massey / Sachin Shroff as Shyam Singh: Madan's son; Sugna's husband; Varun's step-father (2009–2010) (2011–2013)
• Shivansh Kotia / Rudra Soni as Varun Singh: Pratap and Sugna's son; Shyam's step-son (2010) (2011–2013)
• Amar Sharma as Madan Singh: Shyam's father (2008–2014)
• Abhijit Lahiri as Ramcharan Singh (2009–2010)
• Asmita Sharma as Radha Singh: Shyam's wife (2008–2010)
• Neha Gosain as Asha Singh (2011–2013)
• Ankit Gupta as Abhishek Singh (2012–2013)
• Rajeshwari Sachdev as Mangaladevi Singh / Disa (2015–2016) (dead)
• Rishi Dev as Gopal (2015) (dead)
• Rajendra Gupta as Mahaveer Singh (2009–2012)
• Parichay Sharma as Pushkar Singh: Kamli's husband (2015–2016)
• Hiten Tejwani as Dr. Anant Maheshwari: A Pediatric doctor; Kiran's father (2015–2016)
• Vidhi Pandya as Kiran Maheshwari: Anant's daughter (2015–2016)
• Chetanya Adib as Khajaan Singh: Bhagwati's husband; Anandi's father (2008–2015)
• Bhairavi Raichura as Bhagwati Singh: Khajaan's wife; Anandi's mother (2008–2012) (dead)
• Farida Jalal as Vasundhara Devi aka Badi Jiji / Badi Masiji (2009, 2012)
• Faiza Faiz / Mamta Chaturya as Phooli Singh (2008–10) (2010–2012)
• Arpit Joshi as Lal Singh (2010–2012)
• Masshe Uddin Qureshi as Brijesh Sanghvi (2010–2012)
• Farnaz Shetty as Kanchan (2013)
• Nivedita Bhattacharya as Shivani Rajadhyaksha (2011; 2014)
• Harsh Chhaya as Palash Scindia (2014)
• Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Pramila (2014)
• Sadiya Siddiqui as Sandhya (2008–2013)
• Sakshi Tanwar as Tiipri (2010)
• Jehangir Vakil as Pratap Singh (2008–2009) (dead)
• Shivshakti Sachdev as Champa (2008)
• Geeta Tyagi as Jamuna Singh (2008) (dead)
• Karmveer Choudhary as Shambhu Singh
• Rahul Lohani as Niranjan Singh (2009–2010; 2014–2015)
• Geetanjali Mishra as Sona / Kkusum (2014–2015)
• Simran Natekar as Pooja (2015)
• Harsh Mehta as Mahendra Singh aka Mannu: Gauri and Ratan's son; Jagdish's step-son; Abhimanyu's half-brother (2015–16)
• Sonia Shah as Karuna Malhotra (2016)
• Avinash Sachdev as Dr. Amit Goel (2016)
• Prithvi Sankhala as Dr. Naresh Goel (2016)
• Smrirti Khanna as Dr. Vandana Mittal (2016)
• Ayush Anand as Premal Singh (2016)
• Hetal Yadav as Pavitra Singh (2016)

In each Trishakti cross-over, three serials were broken down into parts and aired successively.

A dubbed version of the serial is telecast in Tamil language as Mann Vasanai on Raj TV.(8.00 p.m. *(IST) A dubbed version of the serial is telecast in Telugu language as Chinnari Pellikuthuru on MAA TV.

A dubbed version of the serial is telecast in Malayalam language as Balika Vadhu on Surya TV.

It was remade in Kannada Language as Putta Gowri Maduve on Colors Kannada.

• In Turkey, it began airing on Kanal 7 from Sept 2018 everyday at 16:10 (Turkish Time) under the title Ikimizin Yerine.
• In Nepal, it began airing from 2018 on DH Ramailo TV under the title; Aanandi. It broadcast every Monday to Friday at 8:30 PM NST, but after 17 August 2018, it was broadcast at 9:00 PM.
• In Croatia, it began airing on Doma TV from Monday to Friday at 8:10 am (Central European time) under the title Mala nevjesta (Little bride).
• In Bulgaria, it began airing on Nova TV from Monday to Friday at 4:30 pm (Central European time) under the title Малката булка (Little bride).
• In Romania, it began airing on National TV under the title Mica mireasă (Little bride).
• In Serbia, it began airing on RTV Pink from Monday to Friday at 4 pm (Central European time) under the title Mala nevesta (Little bride).[3]
• In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it aired on Pink BH under the title Mala nevjesta (Little bride).
• In North Macedonia, it aired on Sitel TV under the title Малечката невеста (Little bride).
• In Montenegro, it began airing on Pink M under the title Mala nevjesta (Little bride).
• In Indonesia, it began airing on ANTV from 15 March 2016 under the title Anandhi but was airing from Monday to Friday at 4 pm (Indonesia Western Time) and Saturday to Sunday at 4:30 pm (Indonesia Western Time).[4]
• In Kyrgyzstan, it began airing on KTRK under the title Келин (Bride).
• In Kazakhstan, it airs under the title Келін (Bride) and broadcast on TV channel, Kazakhstan.[5]
• In Vietnam, the drama began airing under the title Cô Dâu 8 Tuổi (8-Year-Old Bride) on TodayTV every day at 20:00 (UTC+07:00) from 11 November 2014 and ended on 12 February 2017[6] (two episodes per day between 27 June 2015 and 31 May 2016)[7][8][9] under a 45 minutes format (as a result, the total number of episodes have been decreased to 900).[10][11] The drama has enjoyed immense popularity in Vietnam and during its run had been the number one show in the country since its premiere.[12] The show's popularity resulted in the show's actress, Avika Gor, receiving an award from the channel head of TodayTV.[13] Gor also visited Vietnam on a two-day trip to the country due to the success of the show; other cast members including Avinash Mukherjee and Smita Bansal also visited the country.[14] The show was the ninth most searched item in 2015 in Vietnam on Google as confirmed by the annual Google Trends end-of-year report.[15] The popularity of Balika Vadhu is part of a wider interest in Asian dramas in Vietnam, which experts say have a "cultural edge over their Western counterparts" due to cultural similarities that are found in soap operas imported from South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia.[16]
• In Sri Lanka, it began airing on TV 1 from Monday to Friday at 7 pm on 15 August 2016 under the title Punchi Manaali (Little bride).
• In Lithuania, the drama began airing under the title "Pažadėtoji" (The promised) on TV3 Lietuva on 28 December 2016. The drama started the show after finishing another Indian drama Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai (Mažoji Nuotaka (Little bride)). The drama show on Monday to Friday at 1:00  pm and 3  pm.
• In the UK, The series is translated into English as Child Bride and airs on Colors TV and Rishtey (TV Channel).
• In South Africa, the series is dubbed in English is called Young Love and airs on Glow TV (DStv 167).
• In Armenia, On Shant TV the series began in 2017 (every day at 8 pm) and is dubbed in Armenian: Հարսիկը (Harsike) (Little Bride).
• In Azerbaijan On Dalga TV Balika Vadhu.On Name Small Bride
• In Japan On Nittele Plus & LaLa TV, the series is dubbed in Japan is called "子供の花嫁"
• In South Korea On DRAMACube and BtvN, the series is dubbed in South Korea is called "아이 신부"
• In Thailand, it began airing on 5HD1 from 2 January 2019 - 27 December 2019 Every Monday to Friday at 14:00 - 15:00 (Thai Time) under the title นันทินี ม่านรัก ม่านประเพณี.

Balika Vadhu became one of the most watched Hindi GEC in its runtime and is one of the shows which made newly launched channel Colors TV to get first position in Hindi GEC, beating the nine years top position maintained by Star Plus.[17][18]

Balika Vadhu opened with a mix of both positive and negative response. While some appreciated for portraying the issues of child marriage some criticised for glorifying child marriage in the series. It had a very low rating of 0.7 TVR but soon became one of the top-rated Hindi GEC and number one program of Colors which was a newly launched channel then.[19][20] In five weeks after launch, it entered the top 5 most-watched Hindi GEC.[21] Thus, Balika Vadhu helped Colors TV's top positioning a lot.

In week 28 February 2009, it garnered its highest weekly rating of 10 TVR.[22] In 11 week of 2009, it occupied third position with 5.9 TVR.[23] In week ending 13 June 2009, it was at fourth position with 5.3 TVR.[24]

In week ending 28 May 2011, it occupied the top position with 4.91 TVR.[25] In week 24 of 2011, it was at second position with 4.81 TVR.[26] In first two weeks of August 2011, it garnered 6.1 and 5.2 TVRs maintaining its top position.[27]

In the first week of 2012, it occupied the second position with 4.76 TVR.[28]

In last week of July 2013, it was at second position with 3.9 TVR.[29]

The series received a mix of both positive and negative response. While some applauded the series for portraying the issues of child marriage which was never before shown on Indian television, some criticized the series glorifying child marriage.[30]

The series was also addressed in Indian Parliaments during 2009 prompting Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to stop its telecast condemning for portraying child marriage against the Indian constitutional law.[31][32][33]