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About Bal Kunda Village

Bal Kunda is a large village in Chautham tehsil, in the district of Khagaria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,073, made up of 2,172 males and 1,901 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 779 hectares hectares.

Bal Kunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bal Kunda village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Khagaria
Tehsil Chautham
Area (hectares) 779 hectares
Population 4,073
Male Population 2,172
Female Population 1,901
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bal Kunda compares

By the 2011 count Bal Kunda is the 14th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,494 residents. Its 779 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Bal Kunda

Bal Kunda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bal Kunda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bal Kunda from other places

Bal Kunda lies about 16 km from Khagaria, and the nearest railway station is Dhamara Ghat, about 2.6 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 Bal Kunda
Nearest railway station Dhamara Ghat 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Chautham 5.5 km
District headquarters Khagaria 16 km

Villages closest to Bal Kunda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chautham 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 Bal Kunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Bal Kunda village had a population of 4,073. That makes it the 14th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,494 residents.

Bal Kunda village has 2,172 males and 1,901 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bal Kunda has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Bal Kunda covers 779 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bal Kunda falls under Chautham tehsil of Khagaria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bal Kunda is Dhamara Ghat, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bal Kunda.

Bal Kunda is about 16 km from Khagaria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bal Kunda is in Chautham tehsil of Khagaria district. Dhamara Ghat is about 2.6 km away. Chautham is about 5.5 km away. Khagaria is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dighri (under 2 km), Hardia (under 2 km) and Rohiar (2.3 km).

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

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