About Balia Khara Village

Balia Khara is a mid sized village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 717, made up of 361 males and 356 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Khara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia Khara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814102
Area (hectares)	233 hectares
Population	717
Male Population	361
Female Population	356
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
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 Balia Khara compares

By the 2011 count Balia Khara is the 58th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 233 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Balia Khara

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

Balia Khara lies about 31 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 20 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 Balia Khara
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	31 km

Villages closest to Balia Khara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramgarh 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 Balia Khara

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia Khara village had a population of 717. That makes it the 58th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Balia Khara village has 361 males and 356 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia Khara has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Balia Khara is 814102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia Khara covers 233 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balia Khara falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balia Khara is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 20 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 Balia Khara.

Balia Khara is about 31 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia Khara is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 20 km away. Ramgarh is about 30 km away. Dumka is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.