About Balanu Village

Balanu is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 45 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 689 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balanu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balanu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	79.9 hectares
Population	76
Male Population	45
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	689
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 Balanu compares

By the 2011 count Balanu is the 146th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 79.9 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Balanu

Balanu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balanu 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 Balanu from other places

Balanu lies about 29 km from Dehradun. 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 Balanu
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	5.7 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	20 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	29 km

Villages closest to Balanu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balanu village had a population of 76. That makes it the 146th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Balanu village has 45 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balanu has about 689 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Balanu is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balanu covers 79.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balanu falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Balanu notes the nearest railway station 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 Balanu.

Balanu is about 29 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balanu is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 5.7 km away. Mussoorie is about 20 km away. Dehradun is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.