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About Balehra Village

Balehra is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 67 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,269 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balehra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balehra village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Rakkar
Pincode 177108
Area (hectares) 45.01 hectares
Population 152
Male Population 67
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,269
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balehra compares

By the 2011 count Balehra is the 74th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 45.01 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Balehra

Balehra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balehra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Balehra from other places

Balehra lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 15 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 Balehra
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Rakkar 17 km
District headquarters Kangra 21 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 34 km

Villages closest to Balehra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balehra village had a population of 152. That makes it the 74th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Balehra village has 67 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balehra has about 1269 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Balehra is 177108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balehra covers 45.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balehra falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balehra is Jawalamukhi Road, about 15 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 <5 km distance for Balehra.

Balehra 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.

Balehra is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 15 km away. Rakkar is about 17 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ban Naun (3.0 km), Ban Sadwan (3.0 km) and Ban Shantla (3.0 km).

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

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