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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Balmana is a village in Pauri mandal, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with a population of 193 in 50 households. It has a literacy rate of 63.2% and is located at coordinates 30.150°N, 78.793°E with PIN code 246194.
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- LGD code
- 45592
- Pincode
- 246194
- Post office
- G.B. Pant Engg. College
- Population
- 193
- Households
- 50
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1298 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 91
- Distance to district centre
- 25 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 75 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 230 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 49 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balmana compares
By population, Balmana ranks #186 of 842 villages in Pauri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.2%
−6.5% vs mandal average
- Balmana
- 63.2%
- Pauri mandal
- 69.7%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,298
+112 vs mandal average
- Balmana
- 1,298
- Pauri mandal
- 1,186
Household size
people per home
3.9
Same as the mandal average
- Balmana
- 3.9
- Pauri mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balmana at a glance
Balmana is a village of 193 people in 50 households (Census 2011) in Pauri tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 186th-largest of 842 villages in Pauri tehsil. Literacy is 63%, 7 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,298 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 10 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 49 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246194, served by G.B. Pant Engg. College post office; the LGD village code is 45592. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Nautiyal's Clinic, 2 km away. The village votes in Pauri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajkumar Pori. The population is estimated at 228 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Balmana
- LGD code
- 45592
- Pincode
- 246194
- Post office
- G.B. Pant Engg. College
- Population (Census 2011)
- 193
- Population (projected 2026)
- 228
- Households
- 50
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1298
- Literacy rate
- 63.2%
- Coordinates
- 30.15003°N, 78.79257°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pauri
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajkumar Pori
- Block / Mandal
- Pauri
Getting there
How to reach Balmana
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun75 kmcapital
- Delhi230 km
- Kolkata1271 km
- Mumbai1368 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh49 km
- Bus stopDevprayag19 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Nautiyal's Clinic2 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM8 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum9 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS8 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station24 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Balmana
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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