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About Bhalgarha Village

Bhalgarha is a small village in Madhupur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 26 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12.8 hectares hectares.

Bhalgarha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhalgarha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Madhupur
Area (hectares) 12.8 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 26
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
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 Bhalgarha compares

By the 2011 count Bhalgarha is the 183rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 12.8 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 963.

Getting to Bhalgarha

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

Bhalgarha lies about 36 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, about 5.8 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 Bhalgarha
Nearest railway station Madankata Railway Station 5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Madhupur 17 km
District headquarters Deoghar 36 km

Villages closest to Bhalgarha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhalgarha village had a population of 49. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Bhalgarha village has 26 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhalgarha has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Bhalgarha covers 12.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhalgarha falls under Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhalgarha is Madankata Railway Station, about 5.8 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 Bhalgarha.

Bhalgarha is about 36 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhalgarha is in Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district. Madankata Railway Station is about 5.8 km away. Madhupur is about 17 km away. Deoghar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tikaitbandh (1.9 km), Sonabad (2.9 km) and Bank (4.3 km).

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

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