About Balha Village

Balha is a mid sized village in Kanti tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 274 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Kanti
Pincode	843109
Area (hectares)	29.6 hectares
Population	516
Male Population	274
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balha compares

By the 2011 count Balha is the 91st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,242 residents. Its 29.6 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Balha

Balha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balha from other places

Balha lies about 19 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Muzaffarpur Junction, about 20 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 Balha
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Muzaffarpur Junction	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanti	24 km

Villages closest to Balha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balha village had a population of 516. That makes it the 91st largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,242 residents.

Balha village has 274 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balha has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Balha is 843109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balha covers 29.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balha falls under Kanti tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balha is Muzaffarpur Junction, about 20 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 village for Balha.

Balha is about 19 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balha is in Kanti tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Muzaffarpur is about 19 km away. Muzaffarpur Junction is about 20 km away. Kanti is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.