About Balala Village

Balala is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 152 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144207
Area (hectares)	76 hectares
Population	307
Male Population	152
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balala compares

By the 2011 count Balala is the 283rd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Balala

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

Balala lies about 41 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dasuya, about 2.8 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 Balala
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	2.2 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	2.2 km
Nearest railway station	Dasuya	2.8 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	41 km

Villages closest to Balala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balala village had a population of 307. That makes it the 283rd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Balala village has 152 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balala has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Balala is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balala covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balala falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balala is Dasuya, about 2.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balala.

Balala is about 41 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balala is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dasua is about 2.2 km away. Dasūya is about 2.2 km away. Dasuya is about 2.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.