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About Balai Chak Village

Balai Chak is a small village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 293, made up of 146 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares.

Balai Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balai Chak village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares) 113 hectares
Population 293
Male Population 146
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balai Chak compares

By the 2011 count Balai Chak is the 185th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Balai Chak

Balai Chak is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balai Chak as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Badalpur, Badhna, Baidpur and Baidyanathpur. 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 Balai Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Balai Chak village had a population of 293. That makes it the 185th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Balai Chak village has 146 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balai Chak has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Balai Chak covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balai Chak falls under Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Balai Chak notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balai Chak.

Balai Chak is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad 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 Balai Chak today is likely to be higher.

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