About Balana Village

Balana is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 5 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 15.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262551
Area (hectares)	15.47 hectares
Population	8
Male Population	5
Female Population	3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	600
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 Balana compares

By the 2011 count Balana is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 15.47 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1103.

Getting to Balana

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

Balana lies about 48 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 68 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 Balana
Nearest town	Almora	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	34 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	48 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	68 km

Villages closest to Balana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balana village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Balana village has 5 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balana has about 600 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Balana is 262551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balana covers 15.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balana falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Balana is Kathgodam, about 68 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 Balana.

Balana is about 48 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balana is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 30 km away. Didihat is about 34 km away. Pithoragarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.