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About Balmo Village

Balmo is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 203, made up of 108 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.61 hectares hectares.

Balmo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balmo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Sarath
Area (hectares) 47.61 hectares
Population 203
Male Population 108
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880

How Balmo compares

By the 2011 count Balmo is the 230th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 47.61 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 937.

How far is Balmo from other places

Balmo lies about 44 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Vidyasagar, about 5.5 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 Balmo
Nearest railway station Vidyasagar 5.5 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarath 18 km
District headquarters Deoghar 44 km

Villages closest to Balmo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balmo village had a population of 203. That makes it the 230th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Balmo village has 108 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balmo has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Balmo covers 47.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balmo falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balmo is Vidyasagar, about 5.5 km away in a straight line.

Balmo is about 44 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balmo is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Vidyasagar is about 5.5 km away. Jāmtāra is about 16 km away. Sarath is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sardiha (under 2 km), Dumdumi (2.3 km) and Saranda (2.6 km).

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

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