About Balkani Village

Balkani is a small village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 299, made up of 140 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814147, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balkani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balkani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Boarijor
Pincode	814147
Area (hectares)	215 hectares
Population	299
Male Population	140
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,136
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 Balkani compares

By the 2011 count Balkani is the 122nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1013.

Getting to Balkani

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

Balkani lies about 56 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Balkani
Nearest railway station	Taljhari	6.1 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Boarijor	21 km
District headquarters	Godda	56 km

Villages closest to Balkani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balkani village had a population of 299. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Balkani village has 140 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balkani has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Balkani is 814147. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balkani covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balkani falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balkani is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Balkani.

Balkani is about 56 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balkani is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Boarijor is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.