About Balia Village

Balia is a small village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 146, made up of 62 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,355 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Pincode	825312
Area (hectares)	239 hectares
Population	146
Male Population	62
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,355
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balia compares

By the 2011 count Balia is the 96th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 239 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Balia

Balia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balia as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balia from other places

Balia lies about 58 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Danea, about 19 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 Balia
Nearest railway station	Danea	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	24 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	58 km

Villages closest to Balia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia village had a population of 146. That makes it the 96th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Balia village has 62 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 1355 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Balia is 825312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia covers 239 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balia falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balia is Danea, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balia.

Balia is about 58 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Danea is about 19 km away. Gumia is about 24 km away. Bokaro is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.