About Balaspur Village

Balaspur is a large village in Payal tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,894, made up of 1,558 males and 1,336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 522 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balaspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balaspur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Payal
Pincode	141421
Area (hectares)	522 hectares
Population	2,894
Male Population	1,558
Female Population	1,336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
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 Balaspur compares

By the 2011 count Balaspur is the 14th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents. Its 522 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 912.

Getting to Balaspur

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

Balaspur lies about 20 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Sanehwal, about 9.1 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 Balaspur
Nearest town	Dorāha	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Sanehwal	9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Payal	10 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	20 km

Villages closest to Balaspur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balaspur village had a population of 2,894. That makes it the 14th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,644 residents.

Balaspur village has 1,558 males and 1,336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balaspur has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Balaspur is 141421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balaspur covers 522 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balaspur falls under Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balaspur is Sanehwal, about 9.1 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 village for Balaspur.

Balaspur is about 20 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balaspur is in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district. Dorāha is about 7.6 km away. Sanehwal is about 9.1 km away. Payal is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.