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About Balai Village

Balai is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 430, made up of 202 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262524
Area (hectares) 377.13 hectares
Population 430
Male Population 202
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,129
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balai compares

By the 2011 count Balai is the 58th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 377.13 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Balai

Balai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balai as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Balai from other places

Balai lies about 15 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 35 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 Balai
District headquarters Champawat 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Lohaghat 18 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 35 km
Nearest town Almora 39 km

Villages closest to Balai

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

Common questions about Balai

As per the Census of India 2011, Balai village had a population of 430. That makes it the 58th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Balai village has 202 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balai has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Balai is 262524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balai covers 377.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balai falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Balai is Tanakpur, about 35 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Balai.

Balai is about 15 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balai is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 15 km away. Lohaghat is about 18 km away. Tanakpur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Batauri (under 2 km), Koyati Gunth (2.9 km) and Kundi Mara (3.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balai today is likely to be higher.

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