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About Balaog Village

Balaog is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 33 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balaog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balaog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171011
Area (hectares) 48.55 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 33
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,061
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balaog compares

By the 2011 count Balaog is the 316th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 48.55 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Balaog

Balaog is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balaog as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Balaog from other places

Balaog lies about 17 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Kandaghat, about 3.8 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 Balaog
Nearest railway station Kandaghat 3.8 km
Nearest town Solan 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 17 km
District headquarters Shimla 17 km

Villages closest to Balaog

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.

Common questions about Balaog

As per the Census of India 2011, Balaog village had a population of 68. That makes it the 316th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Balaog village has 33 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balaog has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Balaog covers 48.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Balaog is Kandaghat, about 3.8 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 <5 km distance for Balaog.

Balaog is about 17 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balaog is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Kandaghat is about 3.8 km away. Solan is about 8.6 km away. Shimla Rural is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majhola (2.5 km), Anji (2.7 km) and Thathrog (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balaog today is likely to be higher.

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