Balan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
By population, Balan ranks #8 of 81 villages in Dewal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balan is a village of 732 people in 137 households (Census 2011) in Dewal tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 8th-largest of 81 villages in Dewal tehsil. Literacy is 67%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,103 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Chamoli district centre, 45 km from Sirauli, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246427, served by Debal post office; the LGD village code is 41776. The nearest hospital or health centre is Berkandai Tharali Hospital, 21 km away. The sarpanch is Kheem Ram, and the village votes in Tharali assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bhupal Ram Tamta. The population is estimated at 863 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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