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About Balo Chohan Village

Balo Chohan is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 158 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balo Chohan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balo Chohan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 47 hectares
Population 315
Male Population 158
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 994
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balo Chohan compares

By the 2011 count Balo Chohan is the 247th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Balo Chohan

Balo Chohan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balo Chohan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balo Chohan from other places

Balo Chohan lies about 75 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhariwal, about 3.5 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 Balo Chohan
Nearest town Dhāriwāl 3.4 km
Nearest railway station Dhariwal 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 31 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 75 km

Villages closest to Balo Chohan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mukerian 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 Balo Chohan

As per the Census of India 2011, Balo Chohan village had a population of 315. That makes it the 247th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Balo Chohan village has 158 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balo Chohan has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Balo Chohan is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balo Chohan covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balo Chohan falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balo Chohan is Dhariwal, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balo Chohan.

Balo Chohan is about 75 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balo Chohan is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dhāriwāl is about 3.4 km away. Dhariwal is about 3.5 km away. Mukerian is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Singhpur (3.2 km), Sohali (6.4 km) and Naharpur (10 km).

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

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