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About Baluakhar Village

Baluakhar is a small village in Bishunpura tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 26 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baluakhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baluakhar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Bishunpura
Pincode 822128
Area (hectares) 28.77 hectares
Population 48
Male Population 26
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
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 Baluakhar compares

By the 2011 count Baluakhar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 28.77 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 915.

Getting to Baluakhar

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

Baluakhar lies about 31 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 12 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 Baluakhar
Tehsil headquarters Bishunpura 9.3 km
Nearest railway station Nagar Untari 12 km
District headquarters Garhwa 31 km

Villages closest to Baluakhar

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

Common questions about Baluakhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Baluakhar village had a population of 48. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Baluakhar village has 26 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baluakhar has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Baluakhar is 822128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baluakhar covers 28.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baluakhar falls under Bishunpura tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baluakhar is Nagar Untari, about 12 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 Baluakhar.

Baluakhar is about 31 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baluakhar is in Bishunpura tehsil of Garhwa district. Bishunpura is about 9.3 km away. Nagar Untari is about 12 km away. Garhwa is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pato (4.7 km), Saro (5.2 km) and Deogurwa (6.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Baluakhar today is likely to be higher.

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