About Balindi Village

Balindi is a small village in Karsog tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 344, made up of 170 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balindi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balindi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Karsog
Pincode	171302
Area (hectares)	96.75 hectares
Population	344
Male Population	170
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balindi compares

By the 2011 count Balindi is the 79th largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 199 residents. Its 96.75 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Balindi

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

Balindi lies about 48 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 23 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 Balindi
Tehsil headquarters	Karsog	10 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	23 km
Nearest town	Shimla	24 km
District headquarters	Mandi	48 km

Villages closest to Balindi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balindi village had a population of 344. That makes it the 79th largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 199 residents.

Balindi village has 170 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balindi has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Balindi is 171302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balindi covers 96.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balindi falls under Karsog tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balindi is Summer Hill, about 23 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 Balindi.

Balindi is about 48 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balindi is in Karsog tehsil of Mandi district. Karsog is about 10 km away. Summer Hill is about 23 km away. Shimla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.