Bala

Bala may refer to:

Films

 * Bala (1976 film), an English-language dance documentary
 * Bala (2002 film), a Tamil-language action film
 * Bala (2019 film), a Hindi-language black comedy

Life forms

 * Bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), a small freshwater fish of Southeast Asia
 * Sida cordifolia (or bala), an Indian medicinal subshrub

People and characters

 * Bala (name), list of people so named
 * Princess Bala, from 1998 animated film Antz
 * Bala, from the Devi comic book

Africa

 * Bala, Senegal

Asia

 * Bal'a, West Bank, Palestine
 * Bala, Ankara, Turkey
 * Bala, Nepal
 * Bala, Russia, a selo in Sakha Republic
 * Bala, India, in Allahabad
 * Bala, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India
 * Bala, Ahor, Rajasthan, India

Europe

 * Bala, Gwynedd, Wales
 * Bala Lake, Wales' largest natural lake
 * Bala Series of geologic beds
 * Bala, Mehedinți, Oltenia, Romania
 * Băla (Bala), Mureș, Transylvania, Romania

North America

 * Bala, Kansas, United States
 * Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States
 * Bala, Ontario, Canada
 * Bala Aerodrome

Religion

 * Five Strengths, or bala, in Buddhism
 * Bala Tripurasundari, a Hindu child goddess
 * Bala Ganapati, an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha
 * Bala Kanda, the first book of Ramayana, an ancient Indian epic poem

Other uses

 * Bala (band), a Galician stoner rock music group
 * Bala language, spoken in the Congo
 * Bala taxation, a system used in the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia