About Balla Village

Balla is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 399, made up of 212 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176056, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode	176056
Area (hectares)	39.87 hectares
Population	399
Male Population	212
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Balla compares

By the 2011 count Balla is the 66th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 39.87 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Balla

Balla 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 Balla 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balla from other places

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 Balla
Nearest railway station	Paror	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagrota Bagwan	8.3 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	21 km

Villages closest to Balla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balla village had a population of 399. That makes it the 66th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Balla village has 212 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balla has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Balla is 176056. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balla covers 39.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balla falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balla is Paror, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

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.

Balla is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 2.6 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 8.3 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.