About Balam Village

Balam is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 28 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balam village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246161
Area (hectares)	65.35 hectares
Population	63
Male Population	28
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,250
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 Balam compares

By the 2011 count Balam is the 219th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 65.35 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Balam

Balam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balam 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. The nearest villages by name are Bagarkhet Bichla, Bagarkhet Malla, Bagarkhet Talla and Baghori Kumbisan. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balam

As per the Census of India 2011, Balam village had a population of 63. That makes it the 219th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Balam village has 28 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balam has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Balam is 246161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balam covers 65.35 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.

Balam falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Balam 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 Balam.

Balam is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.