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About Balh Patialan Village

Balh Patialan is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 107 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,383 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balh Patialan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balh Patialan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Nadaun
Pincode 177033
Area (hectares) 98.65 hectares
Population 255
Male Population 107
Female Population 148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,383
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balh Patialan compares

By the 2011 count Balh Patialan is the 91st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 98.65 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Balh Patialan

Balh Patialan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balh Patialan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Balh Patialan from other places

Balh Patialan 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 Balh Patialan
Tehsil headquarters Nadaun 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 23 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 24 km
Nearest town Talwāra 43 km

Villages closest to Balh Patialan

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.

Common questions about Balh Patialan

As per the Census of India 2011, Balh Patialan village had a population of 255. That makes it the 91st largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Balh Patialan village has 107 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balh Patialan has about 1383 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Balh Patialan is 177033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balh Patialan covers 98.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balh Patialan falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balh Patialan 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balh Patialan.

Balh Patialan 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.

Balh Patialan is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 4.9 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.

The closest recorded villages are Balh (under 2 km), Kotla (1.7 km) and Dhanoa (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balh Patialan today is likely to be higher.

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