About Balgara Village

Balgara is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 697, made up of 365 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balgara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balgara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	262.2 hectares
Population	697
Male Population	365
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balgara compares

By the 2011 count Balgara is the 112th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 262.2 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Balgara

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

Balgara lies about 24 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 16 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 Balgara
Nearest town	Akhnūr	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	24 km
District headquarters	Jammu	24 km

Villages closest to Balgara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balgara village had a population of 697. That makes it the 112th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Balgara village has 365 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balgara has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Balgara is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balgara covers 262.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balgara falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Balgara is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 16 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 Balgara.

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

Balgara is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Akhnūr is about 6.6 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 16 km away. Akhnoor is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.