About Balaher Village

Balaher is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 103 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.06 hectares hectares.

Balaher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balaher village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Area (hectares)	19.06 hectares
Population	200
Male Population	103
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balaher compares

By the 2011 count Balaher is the 129th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 19.06 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Balaher

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

Balaher lies about 24 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Balaher
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	23 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	41 km

Villages closest to Balaher

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balaher village had a population of 200. That makes it the 129th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Balaher village has 103 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balaher has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Balaher covers 19.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balaher falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balaher is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Balaher.

Balaher is about 24 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balaher is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 8.2 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 km away. Hamirpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.