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About Ballo Chak Village

Ballo Chak is a mid sized village in Bhulath tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,382, made up of 741 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 298 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144636, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballo Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballo Chak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Bhulath
Pincode 144636
Area (hectares) 298 hectares
Population 1,382
Male Population 741
Female Population 641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ballo Chak compares

By the 2011 count Ballo Chak is the 19th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 890 residents. Its 298 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 975.

Getting to Ballo Chak

Ballo Chak 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 Ballo Chak 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ballo Chak from other places

Ballo Chak lies about 31 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Cholang, about 13 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 Ballo Chak
Nearest railway station Cholang 13 km
Nearest town Urmar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhulath 31 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 31 km

Villages closest to Ballo Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhulath 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 Ballo Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Ballo Chak village had a population of 1,382. That makes it the 19th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 890 residents.

Ballo Chak village has 741 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballo Chak has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Ballo Chak is 144636. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballo Chak covers 298 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ballo Chak falls under Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ballo Chak is Cholang, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Ballo Chak is about 31 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ballo Chak is in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district. Cholang is about 13 km away. Urmar is about 13 km away. Bhulath 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 Feroz Sangowal (under 2 km), Sarupwal (2.3 km) and Chak Som (2.6 km).

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

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