About Balehr Village

Balehr is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 183 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176059, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176059
Area (hectares)	89 hectares
Population	360
Male Population	183
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balehr compares

By the 2011 count Balehr is the 180th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 89 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Balehr

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

Balehr lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 4.9 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 Balehr
Nearest railway station	Paror	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	7.5 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km

Villages closest to Balehr

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 Balehr

As per the Census of India 2011, Balehr village had a population of 360. That makes it the 180th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Balehr village has 183 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balehr has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Balehr is 176059. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balehr covers 89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balehr is Paror, about 4.9 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 Balehr.

Balehr is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balehr is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 4.9 km away. Palampur is about 7.5 km away. Dharamsala is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.