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About Tola Balkar Village

Tola Balkar is a small village in Chakai tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 161 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199 hectares hectares.

Tola Balkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tola Balkar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jamui
Tehsil Chakai
Area (hectares) 199 hectares
Population 304
Male Population 161
Female Population 143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tola Balkar compares

By the 2011 count Tola Balkar is the 228th largest of the 468 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 432 residents. Its 199 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Tola Balkar

Tola Balkar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tola Balkar as Available within 5 - 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 Tola Balkar from other places

Tola Balkar lies about 30 km from Jamui. 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 Tola Balkar
Nearest town Jhajha 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakai 15 km
District headquarters Jamui 30 km

Villages closest to Tola Balkar

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

Common questions about Tola Balkar

As per the Census of India 2011, Tola Balkar village had a population of 304. That makes it the 228th largest of the 468 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 432 residents.

Tola Balkar village has 161 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tola Balkar has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Tola Balkar covers 199 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tola Balkar falls under Chakai tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The census record for Tola Balkar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tola Balkar.

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

Tola Balkar is in Chakai tehsil of Jamui district. Jhajha is about 11 km away. Chakai is about 15 km away. Jamui is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tola Ahardih (under 2 km), Tola Algori (under 2 km) and Tola Amatanr (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Tola Balkar today is likely to be higher.

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