About Balhara Village

Balhara is a large village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,310, made up of 1,186 males and 1,124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 450.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balhara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	450.33 hectares
Population	2,310
Male Population	1,186
Female Population	1,124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balhara compares

By the 2011 count Balhara is the 15th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 450.33 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Balhara

Balhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balhara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Balhara from other places

Balhara lies about 51 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 7.0 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 Balhara
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	7.0 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	32 km
District headquarters	Giridih	51 km

Villages closest to Balhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balhara village had a population of 2,310. That makes it the 15th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Balhara village has 1,186 males and 1,124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balhara has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Balhara is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balhara covers 450.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balhara falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balhara is Dhanwar, about 7.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balhara.

Balhara is about 51 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balhara is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 7.0 km away. Barki Saria is about 32 km away. Giridih is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.