Bhalun (36)
Rohru block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 171224
· village code 26407
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 701 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,999 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
701
Male / female
347 / 354
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,020
Children aged 0–6
75
Literacy rate
65.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
68 / 5
Working population
452
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.4%
Households
152
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
18
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
6
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhaloon panchayat, Rohru zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹6.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.54 lakh
Received directly
₹3.07 lakh
Spent
₹9.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.76 lakh · received ₹4.77 lakh · spent ₹4.90 lakh · left ₹1.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.80 lakh · received ₹6.77 lakh · spent ₹4.20 lakh · left ₹10.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.1702, 77.7089 —
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Nearby villages
Bhali (64)
compare · Bhalog (100)
compare · Bhalogri (73)
compare · Bhalu (135)
compare · Bhamnala (65)
compare · Bhamnoli (24)
compare · Bhamnoli (30)
compare · Bhamta Parali (100)
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Shimla district ·
School
staffing across Shimla ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh