About Balchand Wala Village

Balchand Wala is a small village in Laksar tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 222 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247663, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balchand Wala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balchand Wala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Hardwar
Tehsil	Laksar
Pincode	247663
Area (hectares)	186.41 hectares
Population	423
Male Population	222
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balchand Wala compares

By the 2011 count Balchand Wala is the 106th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,637 residents. Its 186.41 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 888.

Getting to Balchand Wala

Balchand Wala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balchand Wala 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balchand Wala from other places

Balchand Wala lies about 34 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Raisi, about 6.1 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 Balchand Wala
Nearest railway station	Raisi	6.1 km
Nearest town	Manglaur	18 km
District headquarters	Hardwar	34 km

Villages closest to Balchand Wala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Laksar 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 Balchand Wala

As per the Census of India 2011, Balchand Wala village had a population of 423. That makes it the 106th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,637 residents.

Balchand Wala village has 222 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balchand Wala has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Balchand Wala is 247663. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balchand Wala covers 186.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balchand Wala falls under Laksar tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Balchand Wala is Raisi, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balchand Wala.

Balchand Wala is about 34 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balchand Wala is in Laksar tehsil of Hardwar district. Raisi is about 6.1 km away. Manglaur is about 18 km away. Hardwar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.