About Balah Village

Balah is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7, made up of 2 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176087, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176087
Area (hectares)	22.69 hectares
Population	7
Male Population	2
Female Population	5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,500
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balah compares

By the 2011 count Balah is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 22.69 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Balah

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

Balah lies about 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 6.4 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 Balah
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	28 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Balah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balah village had a population of 7. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Balah village has 2 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balah has about 2500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Balah is 176087. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balah covers 22.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balah falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balah is Panchrukhi, about 6.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balah.

Balah 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.

Balah is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Panchrukhi is about 6.4 km away. Palampur is about 13 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.