About Balsanda Village

Balsanda is a mid sized village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,327, made up of 700 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balsanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsanda village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Rupnagar
Tehsil	Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode	140001
Area (hectares)	473 hectares
Population	1,327
Male Population	700
Female Population	627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balsanda compares

By the 2011 count Balsanda is the 27th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 473 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 892.

Getting to Balsanda

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

Balsanda lies about 8.7 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Mianpur, about 6.9 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 Balsanda
Nearest railway station	Mianpur	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chamkaur Sahib	7.8 km
District headquarters	Rupnagar	8.7 km
Nearest town	Ropar	8.7 km

Villages closest to Balsanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsanda village had a population of 1,327. That makes it the 27th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Balsanda village has 700 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsanda has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Balsanda is 140001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balsanda covers 473 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balsanda falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balsanda is Mianpur, about 6.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balsanda.

Balsanda is about 8.7 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balsanda is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Mianpur is about 6.9 km away. Chamkaur Sahib is about 7.8 km away. Rupnagar is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.