About Balka Baratal Village

Balka Baratal is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 78 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balka Baratal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balka Baratal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	119 hectares
Population	149
Male Population	78
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balka Baratal compares

By the 2011 count Balka Baratal is the 98th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Balka Baratal

Balka Baratal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balka Baratal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Balka Baratal from other places

Balka Baratal lies about 14 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 45 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 Balka Baratal
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	8.5 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	8.5 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	45 km

Villages closest to Balka Baratal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nahan 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 Balka Baratal

As per the Census of India 2011, Balka Baratal village had a population of 149. That makes it the 98th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Balka Baratal village has 78 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balka Baratal has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Balka Baratal is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balka Baratal covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balka Baratal falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balka Baratal is Barog, about 45 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balka Baratal.

Balka Baratal is about 14 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balka Baratal is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 8.5 km away. Nāhan is about 8.5 km away. Sirmaur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.