About Bal Majra Village

Bal Majra is a small village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 194 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bal Majra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bal Majra village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Rajpura
Pincode	140401
Area (hectares)	69 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	194
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	814
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bal Majra compares

By the 2011 count Bal Majra is the 200th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 69 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 880.

Getting to Bal Majra

Bal Majra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bal Majra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bal Majra from other places

Bal Majra lies about 31 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Shambhu, about 2.1 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 Bal Majra
Nearest railway station	Shambhu	2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpura	9.4 km
District headquarters	Patiala	31 km

Villages closest to Bal Majra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajpura 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 Bal Majra

As per the Census of India 2011, Bal Majra village had a population of 352. That makes it the 200th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Bal Majra village has 194 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bal Majra has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Bal Majra is 140401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bal Majra covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bal Majra falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bal Majra is Shambhu, about 2.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bal Majra.

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

Bal Majra is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Shambhu is about 2.1 km away. Rajpura is about 9.4 km away. Patiala is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.