About Balair Village

Balair is a large village in Patti tehsil, in the district of Tarn Taran, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,840, made up of 1,491 males and 1,349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 789 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balair village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Tarn Taran
Tehsil	Patti
Pincode	143305
Area (hectares)	789 hectares
Population	2,840
Male Population	1,491
Female Population	1,349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balair compares

By the 2011 count Balair is the 33rd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents. Its 789 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Balair

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

How far is Balair from other places

Balair lies about 22 km from Tarn Taran, and the nearest railway station is Boparai, about 13 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 Balair
Nearest town	Bhikkiwind Uttār	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Boparai	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patti	14 km
District headquarters	Tarn Taran	22 km

Villages closest to Balair

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balair village had a population of 2,840. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,894 residents.

Balair village has 1,491 males and 1,349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balair has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Balair is 143305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balair covers 789 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balair falls under Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Balair is Boparai, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balair.

Balair is about 22 km from Tarn Taran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balair is in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district. Bhikkiwind Uttār is about 2.8 km away. Boparai is about 13 km away. Patti is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.