About Balt Village

Balt is a mid sized village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 793, made up of 393 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175008, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balt Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balt village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Mandi
Pincode	175008
Area (hectares)	81.06 hectares
Population	793
Male Population	393
Female Population	400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balt compares

By the 2011 count Balt is the 63rd largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 510 residents. Its 81.06 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Balt

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

Balt lies about 15 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 46 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 Balt
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	46 km

Villages closest to Balt

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balt village had a population of 793. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 510 residents.

Balt village has 393 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balt has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Balt is 175008. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balt covers 81.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balt falls under Mandi tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balt is Buffer Stop, about 46 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 Balt.

Balt is about 15 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balt is in Mandi tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 6.0 km away. Mandi is about 15 km away. Buffer Stop is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.