About Balwar Village

Balwar is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 45 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176205
Area (hectares)	98.73 hectares
Population	75
Male Population	45
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balwar compares

By the 2011 count Balwar is the 169th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 98.73 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1026.

Getting to Balwar

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

Balwar lies about 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 9.2 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 Balwar
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	28 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	28 km

Villages closest to Balwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwar village had a population of 75. That makes it the 169th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Balwar village has 45 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwar has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Balwar is 176205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balwar covers 98.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balwar falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balwar is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 9.2 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 Balwar.

Balwar is about 28 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balwar is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 9.2 km away. Jawali is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.