About Balia Village

Balia is a small village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 193 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	220 hectares
Population	360
Male Population	193
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
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 53rd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 220 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1015.

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 32 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 17 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	Kathautia	17 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	32 km
District headquarters	Chatra	32 km

Villages closest to Balia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayur Hand 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 360. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Balia village has 193 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Balia is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia covers 220 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balia falls under Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balia is Kathautia, about 17 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 32 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Kathautia is about 17 km away. Bagaha is about 26 km away. Mayur Hand is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.