About Ri Bala Village

Ri Bala is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 27 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ri Bala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ri Bala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	36.06 hectares
Population	54
Male Population	27
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ri Bala compares

By the 2011 count Ri Bala is the 214th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 36.06 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Ri Bala

Ri Bala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ri Bala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Ri Bala from other places

Ri Bala lies about 36 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 17 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 Ri Bala
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	10 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	17 km
Nearest town	Shimla	19 km
District headquarters	Solan	36 km

Villages closest to Ri Bala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arki 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 Ri Bala

As per the Census of India 2011, Ri Bala village had a population of 54. That makes it the 214th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Ri Bala village has 27 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ri Bala has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Ri Bala is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ri Bala covers 36.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ri Bala falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ri Bala is Jutogh, about 17 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ri Bala.

Ri Bala is about 36 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ri Bala is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 10 km away. Jutogh is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.