About Ball Village

Ball is a large village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,089, made up of 1,077 males and 1,012 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ball Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ball village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143505
Area (hectares)	382 hectares
Population	2,089
Male Population	1,077
Female Population	1,012
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ball compares

By the 2011 count Ball is the 62nd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 382 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Ball

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

Ball lies about 45 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jaintipura, about 10 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 Ball
Nearest railway station	Jaintipura	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	14 km
Nearest town	Batāla	14 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	45 km

Villages closest to Ball

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ball village had a population of 2,089. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Ball village has 1,077 males and 1,012 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ball has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Ball is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ball covers 382 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ball falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ball is Jaintipura, about 10 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 Ball.

Ball is about 45 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ball is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Jaintipura is about 10 km away. Batala is about 14 km away. Batāla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.