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About Balmu Keri Village

Balmu Keri is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 44 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balmu Keri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balmu Keri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Pachhad
Pincode 173024
Area (hectares) 94 hectares
Population 78
Male Population 44
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 773
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balmu Keri compares

By the 2011 count Balmu Keri is the 218th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 951.

Getting to Balmu Keri

Balmu Keri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balmu Keri as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Balmu Keri from other places

Balmu Keri lies about 15 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 28 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 Balmu Keri
Tehsil headquarters Pachhad 15 km
District headquarters Sirmaur 15 km
Nearest town Nāhan 16 km
Nearest railway station Barog 28 km

Villages closest to Balmu Keri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pachhad 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 Balmu Keri

As per the Census of India 2011, Balmu Keri village had a population of 78. That makes it the 218th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Balmu Keri village has 44 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balmu Keri has about 773 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Balmu Keri is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balmu Keri covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balmu Keri falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Balmu Keri is Barog, about 28 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balmu Keri.

Balmu Keri is about 15 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balmu Keri is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Pachhad is about 15 km away. Sirmaur is about 15 km away. Nāhan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chauki Charech (under 2 km), Kangar Dawanh (under 2 km) and Kangar Dharyar (under 2 km).

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

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