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About Balthar Village

Balthar is one of the larger villages in Sikta tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,026, made up of 3,192 males and 2,834 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 645 hectares hectares.

Balthar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balthar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Sikta
Area (hectares) 645 hectares
Population 6,026
Male Population 3,192
Female Population 2,834
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balthar compares

By the 2011 count Balthar is the 7th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents. Its 645 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Balthar

Balthar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Balthar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balthar from other places

Balthar lies about 17 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Purushottampur Halt, about under 2 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 Balthar
Nearest railway station Purushottampur Halt under 2 km
Nearest town Chanpatia 13 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikta 24 km

Villages closest to Balthar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balthar village had a population of 6,026. That makes it the 7th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents.

Balthar village has 3,192 males and 2,834 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balthar has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Balthar covers 645 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balthar falls under Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balthar is Purushottampur Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Balthar.

Balthar is about 17 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balthar is in Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Purushottampur Halt is about under 2 km away. Chanpatia is about 13 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsotimpur (2.0 km), Parsauni Murli (2.6 km) and Parsauni Ghogha (2.7 km).

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

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