About Baluwala Village

Baluwala is a mid sized village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,492, made up of 767 males and 725 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248197, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baluwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baluwala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Vikasnagar
Pincode	248197
Area (hectares)	249.23 hectares
Population	1,492
Male Population	767
Female Population	725
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baluwala compares

By the 2011 count Baluwala is the 61st largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 249.23 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 908.

Getting to Baluwala

Baluwala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baluwala as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Baluwala from other places

Baluwala lies about 25 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 Baluwala
Tehsil headquarters	Vikasnagar	5.0 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	18 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	25 km

Villages closest to Baluwala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baluwala village had a population of 1,492. That makes it the 61st largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Baluwala village has 767 males and 725 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baluwala has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Baluwala is 248197. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baluwala covers 249.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baluwala falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Baluwala notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Baluwala.

Baluwala is about 25 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baluwala is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Vikasnagar is about 5.0 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 18 km away. Dehradun is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.