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About Balai Village

Balai is a large village in Ferozepur Jhirka tehsil, in the district of Mewat, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,466, made up of 1,307 males and 1,159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 122108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balai village
Description Value
State Haryana
District Mewat
Tehsil Ferozepur Jhirka
Pincode 122108
Area (hectares) 429 hectares
Population 2,466
Male Population 1,307
Female Population 1,159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balai compares

By the 2011 count Balai is the 43rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,149 residents. Its 429 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 918.

Getting to Balai

Balai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Balai from other places

Balai lies about 62 km from Mewat, and the nearest railway station is Ramgarh, about 2.1 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 Balai
Nearest railway station Ramgarh 2.1 km
Nearest town Alwar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Ferozepur Jhirka 28 km
District headquarters Mewat 62 km

Villages closest to Balai

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

Common questions about Balai

As per the Census of India 2011, Balai village had a population of 2,466. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,149 residents.

Balai village has 1,307 males and 1,159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balai has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Balai is 122108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balai covers 429 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balai falls under Ferozepur Jhirka tehsil of Mewat district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Balai is Ramgarh, about 2.1 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 <5 km distance for Balai.

Balai is about 62 km from Mewat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balai is in Ferozepur Jhirka tehsil of Mewat district. Ramgarh is about 2.1 km away. Alwar is about 16 km away. Ferozepur Jhirka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dholi (8.2 km), Aklimpur Nuh (11 km) and Bahripur (12 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balai today is likely to be higher.

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