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About Balmana Village

Balmana is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 84 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,298 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balmana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balmana village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246149
Area (hectares) 123.88 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 84
Female Population 109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,298
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 Balmana compares

By the 2011 count Balmana is the 162nd largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 123.88 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Balmana

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

Balmana lies about 67 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 78 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 Balmana
Nearest town Srīnagar 31 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 33 km
District headquarters Garhwal 67 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 78 km

Villages closest to Balmana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balmana village had a population of 193. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Balmana village has 84 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balmana has about 1298 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Balmana is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balmana covers 123.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balmana falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Balmana is Kotdwara, about 78 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 Balmana.

Balmana is about 67 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balmana is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 31 km away. Pauri is about 33 km away. Garhwal is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalun (2.9 km), Ghuroli (3.3 km) and Ladoli (3.5 km).

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

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