About Balahn Bala Village

Balahn Bala is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 196 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balahn Bala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balahn Bala village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Hiranagar
Pincode	184147
Area (hectares)	113 hectares
Population	355
Male Population	196
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	811
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balahn Bala compares

By the 2011 count Balahn Bala is the 111th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Balahn Bala

Balahn Bala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balahn 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balahn Bala from other places

Balahn Bala lies about 35 km from Kathua, and the nearest railway station is Chak Dayala, about 20 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 Balahn Bala
Nearest railway station	Chak Dayala	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hiranagar	23 km
Nearest town	Sāmba	24 km
District headquarters	Kathua	35 km

Villages closest to Balahn Bala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balahn Bala village had a population of 355. That makes it the 111th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Balahn Bala village has 196 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balahn Bala has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Balahn Bala is 184147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balahn Bala covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balahn Bala falls under Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Balahn Bala is Chak Dayala, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balahn Bala.

Balahn Bala is about 35 km from Kathua in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balahn Bala is in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district. Chak Dayala is about 20 km away. Hiranagar is about 23 km away. Sāmba is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.