About Balma Village

Balma is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 108 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,259 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balma village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249130
Area (hectares)	80.98 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	108
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,259
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 Balma compares

By the 2011 count Balma is the 130th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 80.98 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Balma

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

Balma lies about 3.9 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 33 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 Balma
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	3.9 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	33 km

Villages closest to Balma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balma village had a population of 244. That makes it the 130th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Balma village has 108 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balma has about 1259 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Balma is 249130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balma covers 80.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balma falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Balma is Rishikesh, about 33 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 Balma.

Balma is about 3.9 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balma is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 3.9 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 3.9 km away. Rishikesh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.