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About Balatol Village

Balatol is a small village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 176, made up of 87 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balatol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balatol village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Jamua
Pincode 815318
Area (hectares) 54.07 hectares
Population 176
Male Population 87
Female Population 89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balatol compares

By the 2011 count Balatol is the 256th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 54.07 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Balatol

Balatol is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Balatol as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Balatol from other places

Balatol lies about 142 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Paharpur, about 37 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 Balatol
Nearest town Bagaha 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Jamua 31 km
Nearest railway station Paharpur 37 km
District headquarters Giridih 142 km

Villages closest to Balatol

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

Common questions about Balatol

As per the Census of India 2011, Balatol village had a population of 176. That makes it the 256th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Balatol village has 87 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balatol has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Balatol is 815318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balatol covers 54.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balatol falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balatol is Paharpur, about 37 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 km distance for Balatol.

Balatol is about 142 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balatol is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Bagaha is about 19 km away. Jamua is about 31 km away. Paharpur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lataki (under 2 km), Pachamba (2.1 km) and Bahradih (3.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Balatol today is likely to be higher.

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