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About Balliawal Village

Balliawal is a large village in Ludhiana East tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,008, made up of 1,063 males and 945 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balliawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balliawal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Ludhiana East
Pincode 141126
Area (hectares) 486 hectares
Population 2,008
Male Population 1,063
Female Population 945
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balliawal compares

By the 2011 count Balliawal is the 46th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents. Its 486 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Balliawal

Balliawal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balliawal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balliawal from other places

Balliawal lies about 23 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, 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 Balliawal
Nearest town Māchhīwāra 11 km
Nearest railway station Rahon 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Ludhiana East 23 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 23 km

Villages closest to Balliawal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ludhiana East 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 Balliawal

As per the Census of India 2011, Balliawal village had a population of 2,008. That makes it the 46th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,543 residents.

Balliawal village has 1,063 males and 945 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balliawal has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Balliawal is 141126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balliawal covers 486 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balliawal falls under Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balliawal is Rahon, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Balliawal.

Balliawal is about 23 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balliawal is in Ludhiana East tehsil of Ludhiana district. Māchhīwāra is about 11 km away. Rahon is about 12 km away. Ludhiana East is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jonewal (1.9 km), Miani (2.2 km) and Satiana (2.4 km).

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

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