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About Balkhor Village

Balkhor is a small village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 85 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balkhor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balkhor village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Indora
Pincode 176402
Area (hectares) 43.48 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 85
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balkhor compares

By the 2011 count Balkhor is the 81st largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 43.48 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Balkhor

Balkhor is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balkhor 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balkhor from other places

Balkhor lies about 54 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandrori, about 3.4 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 Balkhor
Nearest railway station Kandrori 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Indora 5.8 km
Nearest town Mamun 9.2 km
District headquarters Kangra 54 km

Villages closest to Balkhor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balkhor village had a population of 170. That makes it the 81st largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Balkhor village has 85 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balkhor has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Balkhor is 176402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balkhor covers 43.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balkhor falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balkhor is Kandrori, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Balkhor.

Balkhor is about 54 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balkhor is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Kandrori is about 3.4 km away. Indora is about 5.8 km away. Mamun is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balir Malot (under 2 km), Chakban Malot (under 2 km) and Malot (under 2 km).

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

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