About Dedar Balnai Village

Dedar Balnai is a large village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,778, made up of 1,937 males and 1,841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 760 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dedar Balnai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dedar Balnai village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mandi
Pincode	185102
Area (hectares)	760 hectares
Population	3,778
Male Population	1,937
Female Population	1,841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dedar Balnai compares

By the 2011 count Dedar Balnai is the 4th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,107 residents. Its 760 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Dedar Balnai

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

Dedar Balnai lies about 18 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Mazhom, about 45 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 Dedar Balnai
Tehsil headquarters	Mandi	3.7 km
District headquarters	Punch	18 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	18 km
Nearest railway station	Mazhom	45 km

Villages closest to Dedar Balnai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandi 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 Dedar Balnai

As per the Census of India 2011, Dedar Balnai village had a population of 3,778. That makes it the 4th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,107 residents.

Dedar Balnai village has 1,937 males and 1,841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dedar Balnai has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Dedar Balnai is 185102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dedar Balnai covers 760 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dedar Balnai falls under Mandi tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Dedar Balnai is Mazhom, about 45 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 Dedar Balnai.

Dedar Balnai is about 18 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dedar Balnai is in Mandi tehsil of Punch district. Mandi is about 3.7 km away. Punch is about 18 km away. Pūnch is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.