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About Balampur Village

Balampur is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 168 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.12 hectares hectares.

Balampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balampur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Devipur
Area (hectares) 74.12 hectares
Population 308
Male Population 168
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
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 Balampur compares

By the 2011 count Balampur is the 126th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 74.12 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Balampur

Balampur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balampur 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. The nearest villages by name are Baghmari, Baghraidih, Bahadurpur and Bahrabank. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Balampur village had a population of 308. That makes it the 126th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Balampur village has 168 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balampur has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Balampur covers 74.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balampur falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Balampur notes the nearest railway station 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 Balampur.

Balampur is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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