About Balahir Village

Balahir is a small village in Behror tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 230 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 369 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301708, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balahir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balahir village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Tehsil	Behror
Pincode	301708
Area (hectares)	369 hectares
Population	445
Male Population	230
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balahir compares

By the 2011 count Balahir is the 160th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents. Its 369 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Balahir

Balahir is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balahir 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balahir from other places

Balahir lies about 66 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Pali, about 4.3 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 Balahir
Nearest railway station	Pali	4.3 km
Nearest town	Rewāri	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Behror	33 km
District headquarters	Alwar	66 km

Villages closest to Balahir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balahir village had a population of 445. That makes it the 160th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,777 residents.

Balahir village has 230 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balahir has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Balahir is 301708. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balahir covers 369 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balahir falls under Behror tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Balahir is Pali, about 4.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balahir.

Balahir is about 66 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balahir is in Behror tehsil of Alwar district. Pali is about 4.3 km away. Rewāri is about 17 km away. Behror is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.