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About Balahn Pain Village

Balahn Pain is a small village in Hiranagar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 213, made up of 115 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balahn Pain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balahn Pain village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kathua
Tehsil Hiranagar
Pincode 184147
Area (hectares) 65 hectares
Population 213
Male Population 115
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balahn Pain compares

By the 2011 count Balahn Pain is the 155th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 65 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Pain

Balahn Pain is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balahn Pain as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Pain from other places

Balahn Pain 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 Pain
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 Pain

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.

Common questions about Balahn Pain

As per the Census of India 2011, Balahn Pain village had a population of 213. That makes it the 155th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Balahn Pain village has 115 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balahn Pain has about 852 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 Pain is 184147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balahn Pain covers 65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balahn Pain 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balahn Pain.

Balahn Pain 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 Pain 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.

The closest recorded villages are Allu Chak (under 2 km), Balaahr (under 2 km) and Balahn Bala (under 2 km).

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

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