About Balyana Village

Balyana is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 761, made up of 357 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balyana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177103
Area (hectares)	349.42 hectares
Population	761
Male Population	357
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,132
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balyana compares

By the 2011 count Balyana is the 37th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 349.42 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Balyana

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

Balyana lies about 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chintpurni Marg, 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 Balyana
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Chintpurni Marg	16 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	32 km
District headquarters	Kangra	33 km

Villages closest to Balyana

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 Balyana

As per the Census of India 2011, Balyana village had a population of 761. That makes it the 37th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Balyana village has 357 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balyana has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Balyana is 177103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balyana covers 349.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balyana is Chintpurni Marg, 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 Balyana.

Balyana is about 33 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balyana is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 8.7 km away. Chintpurni Marg is about 16 km away. Talwāra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.