About Balaloan Village

Balaloan is a small village in Phagwara tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 77 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balaloan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balaloan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Tehsil	Phagwara
Pincode	144401
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	133
Male Population	77
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	727
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balaloan compares

By the 2011 count Balaloan is the 91st largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Balaloan

Balaloan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balaloan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Balaloan from other places

Balaloan lies about 47 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Kultham Abdulla Shah, about 4.1 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 Balaloan
Nearest railway station	Kultham Abdulla Shah	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phagwara	7.4 km
Nearest town	Phagwāra	7.4 km
District headquarters	Kapurthala	47 km

Villages closest to Balaloan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balaloan village had a population of 133. That makes it the 91st largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Balaloan village has 77 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balaloan has about 727 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Balaloan is 144401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balaloan covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balaloan falls under Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balaloan is Kultham Abdulla Shah, about 4.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balaloan.

Balaloan is about 47 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balaloan is in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district. Kultham Abdulla Shah is about 4.1 km away. Phagwara is about 7.4 km away. Phagwāra is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.