About Bal Kalan Village

Bal Kalan is a large village in Amritsar II tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,056, made up of 2,159 males and 1,897 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 729 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bal Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bal Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Amritsar II
Pincode	143601
Area (hectares)	729 hectares
Population	4,056
Male Population	2,159
Female Population	1,897
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bal Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bal Kalan is the 15th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,243 residents. Its 729 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 891.

Getting to Bal Kalan

Bal Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bal Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Bal Kalan from other places

Bal Kalan lies about 10 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Verka Junction, about 5.6 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 Bal Kalan
Nearest town	Nangli	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Verka Junction	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amritsar II	10 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	10 km

Villages closest to Bal Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar II 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 Bal Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bal Kalan village had a population of 4,056. That makes it the 15th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,243 residents.

Bal Kalan village has 2,159 males and 1,897 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bal Kalan has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 891.

The pincode recorded for Bal Kalan is 143601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bal Kalan covers 729 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bal Kalan falls under Amritsar II tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bal Kalan is Verka Junction, about 5.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bal Kalan.

Bal Kalan is about 10 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bal Kalan is in Amritsar II tehsil of Amritsar district. Nangli is about 3.6 km away. Verka Junction is about 5.6 km away. Amritsar II is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.