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About Baluni Village

Baluni is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 15 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baluni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baluni village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246175
Area (hectares) 50.63 hectares
Population 32
Male Population 15
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,133
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baluni compares

By the 2011 count Baluni is the 534th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 50.63 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Baluni

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

Baluni lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 31 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 Baluni
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 20 km
District headquarters Garhwal 22 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 31 km

Villages closest to Baluni

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 Baluni

As per the Census of India 2011, Baluni village had a population of 32. That makes it the 534th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Baluni village has 15 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baluni has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Baluni is 246175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baluni covers 50.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baluni falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baluni is Kotdwara, about 31 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baluni.

Baluni is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baluni is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 20 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Kotdwara is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sainar (under 2 km), Panchali (under 2 km) and Saili Kamani (under 2 km).

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

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