About Bhalsumia Village

Bhalsumia is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 151 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhalsumia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhalsumia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814118
Area (hectares)	52.16 hectares
Population	281
Male Population	151
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
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 Bhalsumia compares

By the 2011 count Bhalsumia is the 206th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 52.16 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Bhalsumia

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

Bhalsumia lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 18 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 Bhalsumia
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	18 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Bhalsumia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jarmundi 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 Bhalsumia

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhalsumia village had a population of 281. That makes it the 206th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Bhalsumia village has 151 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhalsumia has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Bhalsumia is 814118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhalsumia covers 52.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhalsumia falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhalsumia is Basukinath Railway Station, about 18 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 Bhalsumia.

Bhalsumia is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhalsumia is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 18 km away. Jarmundi is about 18 km away. Dumka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.