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About Simbal Balla Village

Simbal Balla is a small village in Harchakian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 16 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Simbal Balla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Simbal Balla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Harchakian
Pincode 176210
Area (hectares) 35.86 hectares
Population 31
Male Population 16
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Simbal Balla compares

By the 2011 count Simbal Balla is the 54th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 35.86 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1124.

Getting to Simbal Balla

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

Simbal Balla lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 2.6 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 Simbal Balla
Nearest railway station Paror 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Harchakian 18 km
District headquarters Kangra 18 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 21 km

Villages closest to Simbal 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 Simbal Balla

As per the Census of India 2011, Simbal Balla village had a population of 31. That makes it the 54th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Simbal Balla village has 16 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Simbal Balla has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1124.

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

Simbal Balla covers 35.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Simbal Balla is Paror, about 2.6 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 Simbal Balla.

Simbal Balla is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Simbal Balla is in Harchakian tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 2.6 km away. Harchakian is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pargor Khas (1.8 km), Nera (9.4 km) and Jagehr (12 km).

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

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