About Balhi Village

Balhi is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 157 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 455 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balhi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	455 hectares
Population	280
Male Population	157
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	783
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balhi compares

By the 2011 count Balhi is the 44th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 455 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 947.

Getting to Balhi

Balhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balhi as Available within 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 Balhi from other places

Balhi lies about 32 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 50 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 Balhi
Tehsil headquarters	Kunda	10 km
District headquarters	Chatra	32 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kajri	50 km

Villages closest to Balhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balhi village had a population of 280. That makes it the 44th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Balhi village has 157 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balhi has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Balhi is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balhi covers 455 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.

Balhi falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balhi is Kajri, about 50 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 10+ km distance for Balhi.

Balhi is about 32 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balhi is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 10 km away. Chatra is about 32 km away. Chatrā is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.