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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bala
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Bala Rawla.jpg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India
| coordinates = {{coord|25.6225748|N|72.7562804|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalor district|Jalor]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 16th Century
| founder = [[Rathores]] of [[Jodhpur State]]
| government_type =
| governing_body = Panchayati raj (India)
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 163
| population_total = 4,264
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Marwari language|Marwari]]
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 02978
| area_code_type = Telephone code/Std code: 02978
| registration_plate = RJ-16
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1056[[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|RJ-IN]]
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'''Bala''' is a [[village]] and a Gram Panchayat in the Ahore Tehsil of [[Jalore district]] of [[Rajasthan]] in northwest [[India]].

== Geography ==
Bala is located in [[Ahor]], Tehsil in the [[Jalore]] district of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Ahor.html|title=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Ahor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204025102/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/24/Ahor.html|archive-date=4 December 2008|url-status=live|access-date=3 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|163|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It is located 38 kilometers north of the district headquarters in Jalore, 27 kilometers from [[Ahore]] and 394 kilometers from the state capital, [[Jaipur]].

== Demographics ==
According to a 2011 census, the population of Bala is 4,264. At the time of the census, there were 2,074 men and 2,190 women. Children ages 0 to 6 make up 14.66 percent of the total population. The average [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of Bala village is 1,056, which is higher than the Rajasthan state average of 928. The sex ratio among children is 959 which is higher than the Rajasthan average of 888.

Bala village has a lower literacy rate than that of the Rajasthan's average. In 2011, the literacy rate of Bala village was 58.97 percent, compared to 66.11 percent of Rajasthan. In Bala, literacy stands at 71.17 percent among men and 47.61 percent among women.

===Lineage and wars===
The first to rule from Bala was Raja Ratan Singh, son of [[Maharaja of Jodhpur|Rao Maldeo]] (also known as Chandra Sen).

[[Maldeo Rathore|Maldeo]] of Jodhpur (also known as Maldeo [[Maldeo Rathore|Rathore]]), father of Ratan Singh, soon after becoming King of [[Marwar]], launched war campaigns and successfully defeated the Sindhals and annexed [[Bhadrajun]].<ref name=Ratnawat>{{Cite book|last=Ratnawat|first= Shyam Singh|author2=Krishna Gopal Sharma|title= History and culture of Rajasthan: from earliest times up to 1956 A.D|work=Bhadrajun|page=163|accessdate=2009-11-15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6yNuAAAAMAAJ&q=Bhadrajun| publisher= Centre for Rajasthan Studies, University of Rajasthan|year=1999}}</ref>

In 1543, Ratan Singh fought at Giri-Sumel against the invading army of [[Sher Shah Suri]] (the first ruler of Suri Dynasty), the then Emperor of India. He also fought a second battle at [[Merta City|Merata]], when he suffered injuries and was subsequently defeated by Viram Deo.<ref name=fort>{{Cite web |url= http://www.bhadrajunfort.com/about_fort.htm|title=About Fort |work=The History |accessdate=2009-11-15 |publisher= Bhadrajunfort.com}}</ref>

In 1563–64, the Rathores lost their capital city of Jodhpur to [[Pathan Malik]], a commander of the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]], but they retained their territory around Bhadrajun.<ref name=fort/><ref>Ratnawat p.177</ref> During this war, they could not sustain their army's needs as adequate provisions were not available inside the fort. Also, there was no help forthcoming from outside powers. [[Maldev Rathore]] abandoned the fort and reached Bhadarajun and remained there for seven years.<ref name=Sinh>{{Cite book |last=Sinh |first=Raghubir |title= Durga Das Rathor |work=Bhdarjun |page=11 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=y4QKAQAAIAAJ&q=Bhadrajun |publisher= National Book Trust, India: distributors, Thomson Press (India) |year=1975}}</ref><ref name=Bhargava>{{Cite book |last=Bhargava |title= Marwar and the Mughal emperors (A. D. 1526-1748) |work=Bhdrajun |page=46 |accessdate=2009-11-15 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dbY9AAAAIAAJ&q=Bhadrajun|publisher= Munshiram Manoharlal |year=1966|isbn= 978-81-215-0400-3 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Jalore district}}

[[Category:Villages in Jalore district]]

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