About Balnoi Village

Balnoi is a large village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,425, made up of 1,167 males and 1,258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1798 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balnoi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balnoi village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	1798 hectares
Population	2,425
Male Population	1,167
Female Population	1,258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balnoi compares

By the 2011 count Balnoi is the 19th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 1798 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Balnoi

Balnoi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balnoi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Balnoi from other places

Balnoi lies about 14 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 71 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 Balnoi
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	13 km
District headquarters	Punch	14 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	14 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	71 km

Villages closest to Balnoi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mendhar 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 Balnoi

As per the Census of India 2011, Balnoi village had a population of 2,425. That makes it the 19th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Balnoi village has 1,167 males and 1,258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balnoi has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Balnoi is 185111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balnoi covers 1798 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balnoi falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Balnoi is Baramula, about 71 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 10+ km distance for Balnoi.

Balnoi is about 14 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balnoi is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 13 km away. Punch is about 14 km away. Pūnch is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.