About Balchaman Village

Balchaman is a mid sized village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 928 males and 829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balchaman Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balchaman village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Sunderbani
Pincode	185152
Area (hectares)	519.2 hectares
Population	1,757
Male Population	928
Female Population	829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 Balchaman compares

By the 2011 count Balchaman is the 9th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 519.2 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 940.

Getting to Balchaman

Balchaman is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balchaman 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 Balchaman from other places

Balchaman lies about 9.6 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 55 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 Balchaman
Nearest town	Rajaori	9.4 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sunderbani	31 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	55 km

Villages closest to Balchaman

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balchaman village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 9th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Balchaman village has 928 males and 829 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balchaman has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Balchaman is 185152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balchaman covers 519.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balchaman falls under Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Balchaman is Dugga, about 55 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 Balchaman.

Balchaman is about 9.6 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balchaman is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajaori is about 9.4 km away. Rajouri is about 9.6 km away. Sunderbani is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.