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About Balran Village

Balran is one of the larger villages in Moonak tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,311, made up of 3,872 males and 3,439 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2100 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140833, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balran village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Moonak
Pincode 140833
Area (hectares) 2100 hectares
Population 7,311
Male Population 3,872
Female Population 3,439
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balran compares

By the 2011 count Balran is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,218 residents. Its 2100 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 896.

Getting to Balran

Balran is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balran as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balran from other places

Balran lies about 45 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Gurney, about 4.7 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 Balran
Tehsil headquarters Moonak 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Gurney 4.7 km
Nearest town Lehragaga 12 km
District headquarters Sangrur 45 km

Villages closest to Balran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balran village had a population of 7,311. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,218 residents.

Balran village has 3,872 males and 3,439 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balran has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 896.

The pincode recorded for Balran is 140833. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balran covers 2100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balran falls under Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balran is Gurney, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balran.

Balran is about 45 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balran is in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district. Moonak is about 4.4 km away. Gurney is about 4.7 km away. Lehragaga is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobindpura Papra (2.7 km), Karail (4.5 km) and Dehla (4.9 km).

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

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