About Lara Bal Village

Lara Bal is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 120 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lara Bal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lara Bal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193221
Area (hectares)	48.2 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	120
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lara Bal compares

By the 2011 count Lara Bal is the 179th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 48.2 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Lara Bal

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

Lara Bal lies about 23 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 27 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 Lara Bal
Nearest town	Bandipura	15 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	24 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	27 km

Villages closest to Lara Bal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Handwara 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 Lara Bal

As per the Census of India 2011, Lara Bal village had a population of 244. That makes it the 179th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Lara Bal village has 120 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lara Bal has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Lara Bal is 193221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lara Bal covers 48.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lara Bal falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Lara Bal is Sopur, about 27 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 Lara Bal.

Lara Bal is about 23 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lara Bal is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Bandipura is about 15 km away. Kupwara is about 23 km away. Handwara is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.