About Balia Village

Balia is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 456, made up of 218 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	147 hectares
Population	456
Male Population	218
Female Population	238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
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 compares

By the 2011 count Balia is the 118th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Balia

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

Balia 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
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	31 km

Villages closest to Balia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia village had a population of 456. That makes it the 118th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Balia village has 218 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Balia is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia covers 147 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 falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balia 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.

Balia 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 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.