About Balan Village

Balan is a mid sized village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Churu, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,789, made up of 926 males and 863 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 804 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 331301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balan village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Churu
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Pincode	331301
Area (hectares)	804 hectares
Population	1,789
Male Population	926
Female Population	863
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balan compares

By the 2011 count Balan is the 60th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,409 residents. Its 804 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Balan

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

Balan lies about 71 km from Churu, and the nearest railway station is Gugulwa Kirtan, about 6.1 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 Balan
Nearest railway station	Gugulwa Kirtan	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarh	23 km
Nearest town	Rājgarh	23 km
District headquarters	Churu	71 km

Villages closest to Balan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balan village had a population of 1,789. That makes it the 60th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,409 residents.

Balan village has 926 males and 863 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balan has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Balan is 331301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balan covers 804 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balan falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Churu district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Balan is Gugulwa Kirtan, about 6.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balan.

Balan is about 71 km from Churu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balan is in Rajgarh tehsil of Churu district. Gugulwa Kirtan is about 6.1 km away. Rajgarh is about 23 km away. Rājgarh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.