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About Bato Kalan Village

Bato Kalan is a mid sized village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,272, made up of 689 males and 583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bato Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bato Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Ketar
Pincode 822112
Area (hectares) 603.51 hectares
Population 1,272
Male Population 689
Female Population 583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bato Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bato Kalan is the 17th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 603.51 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 934.

Getting to Bato Kalan

Bato Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bato Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bato Kalan from other places

Bato Kalan lies about 46 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 24 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 Bato Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Ketar 3.5 km
Nearest railway station Nagar Untari 24 km
Nearest town Husainābād 46 km
District headquarters Garhwa 46 km

Villages closest to Bato Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ketar 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 Bato Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bato Kalan village had a population of 1,272. That makes it the 17th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Bato Kalan village has 689 males and 583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bato Kalan has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Bato Kalan is 822112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bato Kalan covers 603.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bato Kalan falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bato Kalan is Nagar Untari, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bato Kalan.

Bato Kalan is about 46 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bato Kalan is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 3.5 km away. Nagar Untari is about 24 km away. Husainābād is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pachadumar (under 2 km), Munmun (1.8 km) and Ketri (3.0 km).

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

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