About Balan Village

Balan is a mid sized village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 732, made up of 348 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246427
Area (hectares)	403.18 hectares
Population	732
Male Population	348
Female Population	384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
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 21st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 403.18 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Balan

Balan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balan 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 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 44 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 101 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
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	18 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	44 km
Nearest town	Almora	63 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	101 km

Villages closest to Balan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tharali 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 732. That makes it the 21st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Balan village has 348 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balan has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Balan is 246427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balan covers 403.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balan falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Balan is Kathgodam, about 101 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balan.

Balan is about 44 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balan is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 18 km away. Chamoli is about 44 km away. Almora is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.