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About Bat Balla Village

Bat Balla is a small village in Harchakian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 143, made up of 71 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bat Balla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bat Balla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Harchakian
Pincode 176210
Area (hectares) 47.26 hectares
Population 143
Male Population 71
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bat Balla compares

By the 2011 count Bat Balla is the 41st largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 47.26 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1124.

Getting to Bat Balla

Bat Balla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bat Balla as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bat Balla from other places

Bat Balla lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Meghrajpura, about 7.4 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 Bat Balla
Nearest railway station Meghrajpura 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Harchakian 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 12 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 21 km

Villages closest to Bat Balla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Harchakian 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 Bat Balla

As per the Census of India 2011, Bat Balla village had a population of 143. That makes it the 41st largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Bat Balla village has 71 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bat Balla has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1124.

The pincode recorded for Bat Balla is 176210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bat Balla covers 47.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bat Balla falls under Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bat Balla is Meghrajpura, about 7.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bat Balla.

Bat Balla 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.

Bat Balla is in Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district. Meghrajpura is about 7.4 km away. Harchakian is about 12 km away. Kangra 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 Jhikla Lanj (under 2 km), Lanj Khas (under 2 km) and Uparla Lanj (under 2 km).

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

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