About Balain Village

Balain is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 48 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balain village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	47.48 hectares
Population	90
Male Population	48
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balain compares

By the 2011 count Balain is the 264th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 47.48 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Balain

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

Balain lies about 13 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 8.6 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 Balain
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	13 km
District headquarters	Shimla	13 km

Villages closest to Balain

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Balain

As per the Census of India 2011, Balain village had a population of 90. That makes it the 264th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Balain village has 48 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balain has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Balain is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balain covers 47.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balain falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balain is Jutogh, about 8.6 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 Balain.

Balain is about 13 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balain is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 8.6 km away. Shimla Rural is about 13 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.