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About Balsaro Village

Balsaro is a small village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 335, made up of 175 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balsaro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsaro village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Jammu
Tehsil Akhnoor
Pincode 185154
Area (hectares) 442.7 hectares
Population 335
Male Population 175
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balsaro compares

By the 2011 count Balsaro is the 167th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 442.7 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Balsaro

Balsaro is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balsaro as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Baho Pur, Bain Lehar, Bakor and Balgara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balsaro

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsaro village had a population of 335. That makes it the 167th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Balsaro village has 175 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsaro has about 914 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 Balsaro is 185154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balsaro covers 442.7 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.

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

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

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

Balsaro is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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