About Balreh Village

Balreh is a small village in Dharmsala tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 130 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balreh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balreh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dharmsala
Pincode	176216
Area (hectares)	329.26 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	130
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balreh compares

By the 2011 count Balreh is the 113th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 329.26 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1003.

Getting to Balreh

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

Balreh lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 19 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 Balreh
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmsala	5.8 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km

Villages closest to Balreh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dharmsala 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 Balreh

As per the Census of India 2011, Balreh village had a population of 244. That makes it the 113th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Balreh village has 130 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balreh has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Balreh is 176216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balreh covers 329.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balreh falls under Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balreh is Kangra Mandir, about 19 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 Balreh.

Balreh is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balreh is in Dharmsala tehsil of Kangra district. Dharmsala is about 5.8 km away. Dharamsala is about 5.8 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.