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About Balnau Village

Balnau is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 817, made up of 443 males and 374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balnau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balnau village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Shahkot
Pincode 144702
Area (hectares) 143 hectares
Population 817
Male Population 443
Female Population 374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balnau compares

By the 2011 count Balnau is the 68th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Balnau

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

Balnau lies about 25 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 8.7 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 Balnau
Nearest railway station Malsian Shahkot 8.7 km
Nearest town Nakodar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahkot 12 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 25 km

Villages closest to Balnau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balnau village had a population of 817. That makes it the 68th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Balnau village has 443 males and 374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balnau has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Balnau is 144702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balnau covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balnau falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balnau is Malsian Shahkot, about 8.7 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balnau.

Balnau is about 25 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balnau is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Malsian Shahkot is about 8.7 km away. Nakodar is about 12 km away. Shahkot is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gidarpindi (under 2 km), Ida (under 2 km) and Chawinda (3.0 km).

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

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