About Balahar Village

Balahar is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 6 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balahar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177104
Area (hectares)	33.12 hectares
Population	8
Male Population	6
Female Population	2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	333
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balahar compares

By the 2011 count Balahar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 33.12 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Balahar

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

Balahar lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Balahar
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Balahar

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.

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Common questions about Balahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balahar village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Balahar village has 6 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balahar has about 333 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Balahar is 177104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balahar covers 33.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balahar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Balahar.

Balahar is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balahar is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 12 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.