About Balh Village

Balh is a small village in Sandhol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 97 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176090, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sandhol
Pincode	176090
Area (hectares)	64.73 hectares
Population	198
Male Population	97
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balh compares

By the 2011 count Balh is the 32nd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 297 residents. Its 64.73 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1131.

Getting to Balh

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

Balh lies about 84 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 18 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 Balh
Nearest town	Dharamsala	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sandhol	23 km
District headquarters	Mandi	84 km

Villages closest to Balh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balh village had a population of 198. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 297 residents.

Balh village has 97 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balh has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1131.

The pincode recorded for Balh is 176090. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balh covers 64.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balh falls under Sandhol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balh is Kangra Mandir, about 18 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 Balh.

Balh is about 84 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balh is in Sandhol tehsil of Mandi district. Dharamsala is about 4.4 km away. Kangra Mandir is about 18 km away. Sandhol is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.