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About Akhan Balli Village

Akhan Balli is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 40 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akhan Balli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akhan Balli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 176029
Area (hectares) 95.93 hectares
Population 80
Male Population 40
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Akhan Balli compares

By the 2011 count Akhan Balli is the 252nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 95.93 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Akhan Balli

Akhan Balli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Akhan Balli 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akhan Balli from other places

Akhan Balli lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 7.9 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 Akhan Balli
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Tripal 7.9 km
District headquarters Kangra 18 km
Nearest town Talwāra 30 km

Villages closest to Akhan Balli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Akhan Balli

As per the Census of India 2011, Akhan Balli village had a population of 80. That makes it the 252nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Akhan Balli village has 40 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akhan Balli has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Akhan Balli is 176029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akhan Balli covers 95.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Akhan Balli falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Akhan Balli is Tripal, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Akhan Balli.

Akhan Balli is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akhan Balli is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.7 km away. Tripal is about 7.9 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jambal (under 2 km), Reserve Jangal Balyana (under 2 km) and Bhatala (under 2 km).

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

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