About Balota Khas Village

Balota Khas is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 487, made up of 235 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balota Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balota Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176084
Area (hectares)	47.27 hectares
Population	487
Male Population	235
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,072
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balota Khas compares

By the 2011 count Balota Khas is the 8th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 47.27 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Balota Khas

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

Balota Khas lies about 6.5 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 4.2 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 Balota Khas
Nearest railway station	Koparlahar	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	6.5 km
District headquarters	Kangra	6.5 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	20 km

Villages closest to Balota Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhira 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 Balota Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Balota Khas village had a population of 487. That makes it the 8th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Balota Khas village has 235 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balota Khas has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Balota Khas is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balota Khas covers 47.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balota Khas falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balota Khas is Koparlahar, about 4.2 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 Balota Khas.

Balota Khas is about 6.5 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balota Khas is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 4.2 km away. Dhira is about 6.5 km away. Kangra is about 6.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.