About Balana Village

Balana is a mid sized village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 959, made up of 471 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176207
Area (hectares)	372.35 hectares
Population	959
Male Population	471
Female Population	488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balana compares

By the 2011 count Balana is the 10th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 372.35 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Balana

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

Balana lies about 36 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 17 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 Balana
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	9.6 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	16 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	17 km
District headquarters	Chamba	36 km

Villages closest to Balana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balana village had a population of 959. That makes it the 10th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Balana village has 471 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balana has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Balana is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balana covers 372.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balana falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balana is Jawanwala Shahr, about 17 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 Balana.

Balana is about 36 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balana is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 9.6 km away. Dharamsala is about 16 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.