About Balangar Village

Balangar is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 103 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balangar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173207
Area (hectares)	158.23 hectares
Population	197
Male Population	103
Female Population	94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balangar compares

By the 2011 count Balangar is the 57th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 158.23 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Balangar

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

Balangar lies about 31 km from Solan. 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 Balangar
Nearest town	Shimla	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	29 km
District headquarters	Solan	31 km

Villages closest to Balangar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kandaghat 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 Balangar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balangar village had a population of 197. That makes it the 57th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Balangar village has 103 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balangar has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Balangar is 173207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balangar covers 158.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balangar falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Balangar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balangar.

Balangar is about 31 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balangar is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Shimla is about 26 km away. Kandaghat is about 29 km away. Solan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.