About Balathar Village

Balathar is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 140 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balathar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balathar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814141
Area (hectares)	147.17 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	140
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balathar compares

By the 2011 count Balathar is the 220th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 147.17 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Balathar

Balathar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balathar as Available within 5 - 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 Baijandih, Baijnathpur, Bairbana and Bajandih. 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 Balathar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balathar village had a population of 269. That makes it the 220th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Balathar village has 140 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balathar has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Balathar is 814141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balathar covers 147.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balathar falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Balathar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balathar.

Balathar is in Jarmundi 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.