About Balah Village

Balah is a mid sized village in Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 768, made up of 381 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Ranbir Singh Pora
Pincode	181111
Area (hectares)	181.7 hectares
Population	768
Male Population	381
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balah compares

By the 2011 count Balah is the 72nd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents. Its 181.7 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Balah

Balah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balah as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Balah from other places

Balah lies about 22 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, 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 Balah
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	17 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranbir Singh Pora	22 km
District headquarters	Jammu	22 km

Villages closest to Balah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ranbir Singh Pora 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 Balah

As per the Census of India 2011, Balah village had a population of 768. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,040 residents.

Balah village has 381 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balah has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Balah is 181111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balah covers 181.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balah falls under Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Balah is Bari Brahman, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balah.

Balah is about 22 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balah is in Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 17 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 18 km away. Ranbir Singh Pora is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.