About Bhalpahari Village

Bhalpahari is a mid sized village in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 565, made up of 262 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares.

Bhalpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhalpahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	565
Male Population	262
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,156
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 Bhalpahari compares

By the 2011 count Bhalpahari is the 158th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 Bhalpahari

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

Bhalpahari lies about 28 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, 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 Bhalpahari
Nearest railway station	Giridih	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nirsa Cum Chirkunda	28 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	28 km

Villages closest to Bhalpahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda 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 Bhalpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhalpahari village had a population of 565. That makes it the 158th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,189 residents.

Bhalpahari village has 262 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhalpahari has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Bhalpahari covers 141 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bhalpahari is Giridih, 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 10+ km distance for Bhalpahari.

Bhalpahari is about 28 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhalpahari is in Nirsa Cum Chirkunda tehsil of Dhanbad district. Giridih is about 17 km away. Nirsa Cum Chirkunda is about 28 km away. Dhanbad is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.