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About Balki Pahari Village

Balki Pahari is a small village in Pirtanr tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 10 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balki Pahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balki Pahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Pirtanr
Pincode 825108
Area (hectares) 63 hectares
Population 24
Male Population 10
Female Population 14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,400
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 Balki Pahari compares

By the 2011 count Balki Pahari is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 572 residents. Its 63 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Balki Pahari

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

Balki Pahari lies about 20 km from Pirtanr, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about under 2 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 Balki Pahari
Nearest railway station Giridih under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Pirtanr 20 km

Villages closest to Balki Pahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pirtanr 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 Balki Pahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Balki Pahari village had a population of 24. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 572 residents.

Balki Pahari village has 10 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balki Pahari has about 1400 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Balki Pahari is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balki Pahari covers 63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balki Pahari falls under Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balki Pahari is Giridih, about under 2 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 Balki Pahari.

Balki Pahari is about 20 km from Pirtanr in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balki Pahari is in Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district. Giridih is about under 2 km away. Pirtanr is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beri (4.4 km), Chatro (7.1 km) and Barhagari (7.4 km).

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

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