About Balwa Village

Balwa is a small village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 5 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814101
Area (hectares)	58.01 hectares
Population	8
Male Population	5
Female Population	3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	600
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 Balwa compares

By the 2011 count Balwa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 58.01 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Balwa

Balwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balwa 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. The nearest villages by name are Bajradih, Bajurmara, Balabahiar and Balamdih. 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.

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Common questions about Balwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwa village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Balwa village has 5 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwa has about 600 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Balwa is 814101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balwa covers 58.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balwa falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Balwa notes the nearest railway station 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 Balwa.

Balwa is in Jama tehsil of Dumka 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.