About Baligarh Village

Baligarh is a mid sized village in Ramkanda tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,640, made up of 877 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2313 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, 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	Ramkanda
Pincode	822125
Area (hectares)	2313 hectares
Population	1,640
Male Population	877
Female Population	763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 6th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents. Its 2313 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 981.

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 11 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, 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 Baligarh
District headquarters	Garhwa	11 km
Nearest railway station	Garwa	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramkanda	25 km

Villages closest to Baligarh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramkanda 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 1,640. That makes it the 6th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,389 residents.

Baligarh village has 877 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baligarh has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Baligarh is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baligarh covers 2313 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baligarh falls under Ramkanda tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baligarh is Garwa, 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 Baligarh.

Baligarh is about 11 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 Ramkanda tehsil of Garhwa district. Garhwa is about 11 km away. Garwa is about 12 km away. Ramkanda is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.