# Balmu Keri Village, Pachhad, Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh)

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Village · Pachhad, Sirmaur 

# Balmu Keri

Balmu Keri is a village in Pachhad sub-district of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **173024**. The 2011 Census counted **78 people in 15 households**, the 218th largest of 262 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 78people (2011)
- 15households
- 73.5%literacy
- 173024PIN code

## Balmu Keri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balmu Keri is 173024.** Balmu Keri falls in Pachhad sub-district, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code173024
- Community development blockPachhad
- Census village code022911

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Balmu Keri from nearby towns?

- Sarahan (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Nahan (district HQ)44 km by road
- Nahan (nearest town)44 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Balmu Keri?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Balmu Keri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Oana Chabyul
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bagthan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Nahan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sarahan
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Balmu Keri known for?

The main crops are **maize, paddy and tomato**. About 10% of the 94 hectares of village land is sown, and 9 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Balmu Keri

Of every 100 households in Balmu Keri in 2011, 93 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Balmu Keri · ■ Pachhad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**22%

Tap water ****93%**

**72%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**81%

Use banking services ****100%**

**90%

Television ****53%**

**64%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**6%

None of these assets ****7%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**88%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Balmu Keri?

■ Balmu Keri · ■ Pachhad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****773**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**918

Working population ****83.3%**

**65.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 63.3% for women. 80% of men and 88% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 48 (74%) · **■** Marginal 17 (26%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pachhad

- Gehlo Sarsar81 people
- Jaganji81 people
- Bahanar80 people
- Malhara Lakhot79 people
- Khanagan78 people
- Salahat77 people
- Anji76 people
- Nigali75 people

[All 263 villages in Pachhad](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/sirmaur/pachhad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balmu Keri?173024
- How far is Balmu Keri from Nahan?44 km by road
- What is the population of Balmu Keri?78 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balmu Keri in?Sirmaur district (Pachhad sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balmu Keri?73.5% (Census 2011)