About Balera Village

Balera is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 257 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balera village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	124 hectares
Population	486
Male Population	257
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balera compares

By the 2011 count Balera is the 17th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Balera

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

Balera lies about 15 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 25 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 Balera
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	14 km
District headquarters	Chamba	15 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	25 km

Villages closest to Balera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balera village had a population of 486. That makes it the 17th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Balera village has 257 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balera has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Balera is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balera covers 124 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balera falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balera is Nurpur Road, about 25 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 village for Balera.

Balera is about 15 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balera is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 14 km away. Chamba is about 15 km away. Nurpur Road is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.