Bala may refer to:

Places

India

*Bala, India, a village in Allahabad, India * Bala, Ahor, a village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan * Bala, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India

Romania

*Bala, Mehedinți, a commune in Mehedinţi County *Băla ( hu, Bala), a commune in Mureș County

United States

*Bala, Kansas, an incorporated community in Riley County, Kansas *Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a conglomerate of the suburbs Bala and Cynwyd, Philadelphia

United Kingdom

*Bala, Gwynedd, a town in Wales **Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales **Bala Series of geologic beds in Bala, Wales

Elsewhere

*Bala, Ontario, a town in Canada **Bala Aerodrome, located adjacent to Bala, Ontario, Canada *Bala, Nepal, a Village Development Committee in Sankhuwasabha District in northeastern Nepal *Bal'a, Palestine, a town near Tulkarm in the West Bank *Bala, Russia, a rural locality (a ''selo'') in the Sakha Republic, Russia *Bala, Senegal, a town in Tambacounda Region *Balâ, Ankara, a town and district of Ankara Province in Turkey

People

* Bala (name)

Religion

*Five Strengths, The Five Strengths, aka ''bala'', the spiritual powers possessed by a Buddha or bodhisattva *Bala Tripurasundari, Hindu female goddess, represented as a small child *Bala Ganapati, an aspect of the Hindu god Ganesha

Films

*Bala (1976 film), ''Bala'' (1976 film), a documentary by Satyajit Ray about the Bharatanatyam dancer Balasaraswati *Bala (2002 film), ''Bala'' (2002 film), an Indian Tamil film starring Shaam and Meera Jasmine *Bala (2019 film), ''Bala'' (2019 film), an Indian Hindi film starring Ayushmann Khurana, Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Gautam

Other

*Princess Bala, a character in the 1998 animated film ''Antz'' *Bala (band), a Galician stoner rock/grunge band *Bala, a comic book character from the ''Devi (Virgin Comics), Devi'' comic book by Virgin Comics *Bala language, Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo *Bala shark (''Balantiocheilos melanopterus''), a semi-aggressive minnow from Southeast Asia, somewhat common as an aquarium fish *Bala taxation, a system used in the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia *Bala, a common name for the flowering plant Country Mallow (''Sida cordifolia''), especially when used in Ayurvedic medicine