About Balana Village

Balana is a large village in Sumerpur tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,325, made up of 2,199 males and 2,126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2564 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306912, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balana village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Tehsil	Sumerpur
Pincode	306912
Area (hectares)	2564 hectares
Population	4,325
Male Population	2,199
Female Population	2,126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balana compares

By the 2011 count Balana is the 9th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,186 residents. Its 2564 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Balana

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

Balana lies about 59 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Falna, about 19 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 Balana
Tehsil headquarters	Sumerpur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Falna	19 km
District headquarters	Pali	59 km

Villages closest to Balana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balana village had a population of 4,325. That makes it the 9th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,186 residents.

Balana village has 2,199 males and 2,126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balana has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Balana is 306912. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balana covers 2564 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balana falls under Sumerpur tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Balana is Falna, about 19 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 village for Balana.

Balana is about 59 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balana is in Sumerpur tehsil of Pali district. Sumerpur is about 16 km away. Falna is about 19 km away. Pali is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.