About Baligarh Village

Baligarh is a large village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,949, made up of 1,522 males and 1,427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 886.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baligarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baligarh village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822112
Area (hectares)	886.57 hectares
Population	2,949
Male Population	1,522
Female Population	1,427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
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 Baligarh compares

By the 2011 count Baligarh is the 4th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 886.57 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Baligarh

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

Baligarh lies about 42 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 20 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 Baligarh
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	1.6 km
Nearest railway station	Nagar Untari	20 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	42 km

Villages closest to Baligarh

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.

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Common questions about Baligarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Baligarh village had a population of 2,949. That makes it the 4th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Baligarh village has 1,522 males and 1,427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baligarh has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

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

Baligarh covers 886.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baligarh falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baligarh is Nagar Untari, about 20 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 Baligarh.

Baligarh is about 42 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baligarh is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 1.6 km away. Nagar Untari is about 20 km away. Garhwa is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.