About Balhra Village

Balhra is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 264 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balhra village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	140205
Area (hectares)	163 hectares
Population	530
Male Population	264
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balhra compares

By the 2011 count Balhra is the 203rd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Balhra

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

Balhra lies about 39 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 6.3 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 Balhra
Nearest railway station	Khuda Kurala	6.3 km
Nearest town	Urmar	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	11 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	39 km

Villages closest to Balhra

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 Balhra

As per the Census of India 2011, Balhra village had a population of 530. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Balhra village has 264 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balhra has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Balhra is 140205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balhra covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balhra falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balhra is Khuda Kurala, about 6.3 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 Balhra.

Balhra is about 39 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balhra is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 6.3 km away. Urmar is about 8.3 km away. Dasua is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.