About Balsar Village

Balsar is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 88 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	47 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	88
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balsar compares

By the 2011 count Balsar is the 86th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Balsar

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

Balsar lies about 24 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 31 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 Balsar
Tehsil headquarters	Nahan	13 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	13 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	31 km

Villages closest to Balsar

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 Balsar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsar village had a population of 179. That makes it the 86th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Balsar village has 88 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsar has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

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

Balsar covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balsar falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balsar is Barog, about 31 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 Balsar.

Balsar is about 24 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balsar is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 13 km away. Nāhan is about 13 km away. Sirmaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.