About Balaydih Village

Balaydih is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 442 males and 393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balaydih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balaydih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	54 hectares
Population	835
Male Population	442
Female Population	393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Balaydih compares

By the 2011 count Balaydih is the 56th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Balaydih

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

Balaydih lies about 14 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is New Giridih, about 10 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 Balaydih
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	New Giridih	10 km
District headquarters	Giridih	14 km

Villages closest to Balaydih

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bengabad 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 Balaydih

As per the Census of India 2011, Balaydih village had a population of 835. That makes it the 56th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Balaydih village has 442 males and 393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balaydih has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Balaydih is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balaydih covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balaydih falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balaydih is New Giridih, about 10 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 Balaydih.

Balaydih is about 14 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balaydih is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 5.7 km away. New Giridih is about 10 km away. Giridih is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.