About Baling Village

Baling is a small village in Dharchula tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 175 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262546, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baling village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Dharchula
Pincode	262546
Area (hectares)	218.23 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	175
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
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 Baling compares

By the 2011 count Baling is the 43rd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 218.23 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Baling

Baling is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baling 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 Baling from other places

Baling lies about 68 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 124 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 Baling
Tehsil headquarters	Dharchula	28 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	68 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	68 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	124 km

Villages closest to Baling

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baling village had a population of 315. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Baling village has 175 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baling has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Baling is 262546. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baling covers 218.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baling falls under Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baling is Tanakpur, about 124 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 5 - 10 km distance for Baling.

Baling is about 68 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baling is in Dharchula tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Dharchula is about 28 km away. Pithoragarh is about 68 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.