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About Balsun Village

Balsun is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 115 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balsun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsun village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 176029
Area (hectares) 51.95 hectares
Population 223
Male Population 115
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balsun compares

By the 2011 count Balsun is the 162nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 51.95 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Balsun

Balsun 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 Balsun 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 Balsun from other places

Balsun lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 2.7 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 Balsun
Nearest railway station Tripal 2.7 km
District headquarters Kangra 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 12 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 27 km

Villages closest to Balsun

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 Balsun

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsun village had a population of 223. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Balsun village has 115 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsun has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

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

Balsun covers 51.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balsun is Tripal, about 2.7 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 Balsun.

Balsun is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balsun is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Tripal is about 2.7 km away. Kangra is about 12 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gagehr (under 2 km), Chelian (under 2 km) and Mat (under 2 km).

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

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