About Balewal Village

Balewal is a mid sized village in Anandpur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,491, made up of 789 males and 702 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 616 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balewal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Anandpur Sahib
Pincode	140116
Area (hectares)	616 hectares
Population	1,491
Male Population	789
Female Population	702
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balewal compares

By the 2011 count Balewal is the 33rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 945 residents. Its 616 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 947.

Getting to Balewal

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

How far is Balewal from other places

Balewal lies about 27 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Anandpur Sahib, 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 Balewal
Nearest railway station	Anandpur Sahib	2.1 km
Nearest town	Nangal	23 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	27 km

Villages closest to Balewal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Anandpur Sahib 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 Balewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Balewal village had a population of 1,491. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 945 residents.

Balewal village has 789 males and 702 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balewal has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Balewal is 140116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balewal covers 616 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balewal falls under Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balewal is Anandpur Sahib, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balewal.

Balewal is about 27 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balewal is in Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Anandpur Sahib is about 2.1 km away. Nangal is about 23 km away. Rupnagar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.