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About Khiala Balanda Village

Khiala Balanda is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 655, made up of 327 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khiala Balanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khiala Balanda village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144216
Area (hectares) 253 hectares
Population 655
Male Population 327
Female Population 328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khiala Balanda compares

By the 2011 count Khiala Balanda is the 161st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 253 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 Khiala Balanda

Khiala Balanda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khiala Balanda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khiala Balanda from other places

Khiala Balanda lies about 22 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 12 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 Khiala Balanda
Nearest railway station Tanda Urmar 12 km
Nearest town Urmar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 17 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 22 km

Villages closest to Khiala Balanda

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.

Common questions about Khiala Balanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Khiala Balanda village had a population of 655. That makes it the 161st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Khiala Balanda village has 327 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khiala Balanda has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Khiala Balanda is 144216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khiala Balanda covers 253 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khiala Balanda falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Khiala Balanda is Tanda Urmar, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khiala Balanda.

Khiala Balanda is about 22 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khiala Balanda is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Tanda Urmar is about 12 km away. Urmar is about 12 km away. Dasua is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhambowal (1.9 km), Talwandi Jattan (2.1 km) and Dhamian Khurd (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khiala Balanda today is likely to be higher.

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