About Balotar Village

Balotar is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 137 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 405026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balotar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balotar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	405026
Area (hectares)	108 hectares
Population	262
Male Population	137
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balotar compares

By the 2011 count Balotar is the 278th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 108 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Balotar

Balotar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balotar as Available within 5 - 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 Balotar from other places

Balotar lies about 31 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, about 15 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 Balotar
Nearest railway station	Budhi	15 km
Nearest town	Kathua	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	27 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	31 km

Villages closest to Balotar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balotar village had a population of 262. That makes it the 278th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Balotar village has 137 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balotar has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Balotar is 405026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balotar covers 108 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balotar falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balotar is Budhi, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balotar.

Balotar is about 31 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balotar is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Budhi is about 15 km away. Kathua is about 16 km away. Pathankot is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.