About Balhera Village

Balhera is a large village in Gharaunda tehsil, in the district of Karnal, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,562, made up of 1,360 males and 1,202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 132114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balhera village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Karnal
Tehsil	Gharaunda
Pincode	132114
Area (hectares)	464 hectares
Population	2,562
Male Population	1,360
Female Population	1,202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balhera compares

By the 2011 count Balhera is the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,947 residents. Its 464 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Balhera

Balhera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balhera as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balhera from other places

Balhera lies about 25 km from Karnal, and the nearest railway station is Kohand, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balhera
Nearest town	Kairāna	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gharaunda	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kohand	16 km
District headquarters	Karnal	25 km

Villages closest to Balhera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gharaunda tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Balhera

As per the Census of India 2011, Balhera village had a population of 2,562. That makes it the 25th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,947 residents.

Balhera village has 1,360 males and 1,202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balhera has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Balhera is 132114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balhera covers 464 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balhera falls under Gharaunda tehsil of Karnal district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Balhera is Kohand, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balhera.

Balhera is about 25 km from Karnal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balhera is in Gharaunda tehsil of Karnal district. Kairāna is about 15 km away. Gharaunda is about 16 km away. Kohand is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.