About Balekhari Alias Balekhar Village

Balekhari Alias Balekhar is a large village in Dandai tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,064, made up of 1,064 males and 1,000 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 600 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balekhari Alias Balekhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balekhari Alias Balekhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Dandai
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	600 hectares
Population	2,064
Male Population	1,064
Female Population	1,000
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
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 Balekhari Alias Balekhar compares

By the 2011 count Balekhari Alias Balekhar is the 12th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents. Its 600 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Balekhari Alias Balekhar

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

Balekhari Alias Balekhar lies about 20 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 15 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 Balekhari Alias Balekhar
Tehsil headquarters	Dandai	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	15 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	20 km

Villages closest to Balekhari Alias Balekhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dandai 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 Balekhari Alias Balekhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Balekhari Alias Balekhar village had a population of 2,064. That makes it the 12th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents.

Balekhari Alias Balekhar village has 1,064 males and 1,000 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balekhari Alias Balekhar has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Balekhari Alias Balekhar is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balekhari Alias Balekhar covers 600 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balekhari Alias Balekhar falls under Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balekhari Alias Balekhar is Meralgram, about 15 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 Balekhari Alias Balekhar.

Balekhari Alias Balekhar is about 20 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balekhari Alias Balekhar is in Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district. Dandai is about 4.7 km away. Meralgram is about 15 km away. Garhwa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lawahi Kalan (2.1 km), Mahudar (2.4 km) and Lawahi Khurd (2.7 km).

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