About Balan Chak Village

Balan Chak is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,152, made up of 582 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares.

Balan Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balan Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	1,152
Male Population	582
Female Population	570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balan Chak compares

By the 2011 count Balan Chak is the 68th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Balan Chak

Balan Chak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balan Chak as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balan Chak from other places

Balan Chak lies about 30 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balan Chak
Nearest railway station	Bela	16 km
Nearest town	Purāini	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	30 km
District headquarters	Banka	30 km

Villages closest to Balan Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhuraiya tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Balan Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Balan Chak village had a population of 1,152. That makes it the 68th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Balan Chak village has 582 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balan Chak has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Balan Chak covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balan Chak falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balan Chak is Bela, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balan Chak.

Balan Chak is about 30 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balan Chak is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 16 km away. Purāini is about 22 km away. Dhuraiya is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.