About Balet Village

Balet is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 127 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balet village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	176041
Area (hectares)	66.91 hectares
Population	241
Male Population	127
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balet compares

By the 2011 count Balet is the 132nd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 66.91 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 1213.

Getting to Balet

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

Balet lies about 35 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 46 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 Balet
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	23 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	35 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	46 km

Villages closest to Balet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balet village had a population of 241. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Balet village has 127 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balet has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Balet is 176041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balet covers 66.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balet falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balet is Buffer Stop, about 46 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 Balet.

Balet is about 35 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balet is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 6.1 km away. Bhoranj is about 23 km away. Hamirpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.