About Balu Village

Balu is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 183 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176207
Area (hectares)	248.5 hectares
Population	373
Male Population	183
Female Population	190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balu compares

By the 2011 count Balu is the 40th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 248.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Balu

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

Balu lies about 27 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Balu
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	1.6 km
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	24 km
District headquarters	Chamba	27 km

Villages closest to Balu

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 Balu

As per the Census of India 2011, Balu village had a population of 373. That makes it the 40th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Balu village has 183 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balu has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

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

Balu covers 248.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balu is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Balu.

Balu is about 27 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balu is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 1.6 km away. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 18 km away. Dharamsala is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.