About Baligarh Village

Baligarh is a small village in Majhiaon tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 438, made up of 249 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 759 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, 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	Majhiaon
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	346.23 hectares
Population	438
Male Population	249
Female Population	189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	759
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 Baligarh compares

By the 2011 count Baligarh is the 29th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents. Its 346.23 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 952.

Getting to Baligarh

Baligarh is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baligarh 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 Baligarh from other places

Baligarh lies about 17 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 9.4 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
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majhiaon	12 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	17 km

Villages closest to Baligarh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Majhiaon 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 438. That makes it the 29th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents.

Baligarh village has 249 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baligarh has about 759 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Baligarh is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baligarh covers 346.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baligarh falls under Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baligarh is Meralgram, about 9.4 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 Baligarh.

Baligarh is about 17 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 Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 9.4 km away. Majhiaon is about 12 km away. Garhwa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.