About Balia Village

Balia is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 131 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.71 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	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	174.71 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	131
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
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 66th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 174.71 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

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
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	1.9 km
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	20 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 Gopikandar 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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Balia

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia village had a population of 260. That makes it the 66th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Balia village has 131 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 985 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 1013.

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

Balia covers 174.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balia falls under Gopikandar 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 Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 1.9 km away. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 20 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.