About Balmui Village

Balmui is a small village in Brahmaur tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 136 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 774.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balmui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balmui village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Brahmaur
Pincode	176315
Area (hectares)	774.86 hectares
Population	272
Male Population	136
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balmui compares

By the 2011 count Balmui is the 38th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 500 residents. Its 774.86 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Balmui

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

Balmui lies about 47 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 44 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 Balmui
Tehsil headquarters	Brahmaur	7.8 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	39 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	44 km
District headquarters	Chamba	47 km

Villages closest to Balmui

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Brahmaur 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 Balmui

As per the Census of India 2011, Balmui village had a population of 272. That makes it the 38th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 500 residents.

Balmui village has 136 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balmui has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Balmui is 176315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balmui covers 774.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balmui falls under Brahmaur tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balmui is Chamunda Marg, about 44 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 - 10 km distance for Balmui.

Balmui is about 47 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balmui is in Brahmaur tehsil of Chamba district. Brahmaur is about 7.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 39 km away. Chamunda Marg is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.