About Darbar Balsan Village

Darbar Balsan is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 166 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Darbar Balsan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Darbar Balsan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	314
Male Population	166
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Darbar Balsan compares

By the 2011 count Darbar Balsan is the 63rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Darbar Balsan

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

Darbar Balsan lies about 8.9 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 6.8 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 Darbar Balsan
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	6.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	25 km

Villages closest to Darbar Balsan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Theog 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 Darbar Balsan

As per the Census of India 2011, Darbar Balsan village had a population of 314. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Darbar Balsan village has 166 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Darbar Balsan has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Darbar Balsan is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Darbar Balsan covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Darbar Balsan falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Darbar Balsan is Jutogh, about 6.8 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 village for Darbar Balsan.

Darbar Balsan is about 8.9 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Darbar Balsan is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 6.8 km away. Shimla is about 8.9 km away. Theog is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.