About Balag Village

Balag is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 102 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Nihri
Pincode	175038
Area (hectares)	89 hectares
Population	211
Male Population	102
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balag compares

By the 2011 count Balag is the 66th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 89 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Balag

Balag is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balag as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Balag from other places

Balag lies about 27 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 43 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 Balag
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nihri	27 km
District headquarters	Mandi	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	43 km

Villages closest to Balag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balag village had a population of 211. That makes it the 66th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

Balag village has 102 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balag has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Balag is 175038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balag covers 89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balag falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balag is Kiratpur Sahib, about 43 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balag.

Balag is about 27 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balag is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 8.0 km away. Nihri is about 27 km away. Mandi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.