About Balia Ghat Village

Balia Ghat is a small village in Mahagama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 102, made up of 56 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Ghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia Ghat village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Mahagama
Pincode	814165
Area (hectares)	3.68 hectares
Population	102
Male Population	56
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balia Ghat compares

By the 2011 count Balia Ghat is the 196th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 788 residents. Its 3.68 hectares work out to about 28 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 952.

Getting to Balia Ghat

Balia Ghat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balia Ghat as Available within 5 - 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 Balia Ghat from other places

Balia Ghat lies about 32 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 20 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 Balia Ghat
Tehsil headquarters	Mahagama	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	20 km
Nearest town	Colgong	22 km
District headquarters	Godda	32 km

Villages closest to Balia Ghat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahagama 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 Balia Ghat

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia Ghat village had a population of 102. That makes it the 196th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 788 residents.

Balia Ghat village has 56 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia Ghat has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Balia Ghat is 814165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia Ghat covers 3.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balia Ghat falls under Mahagama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balia Ghat is Ekchari, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balia Ghat.

Balia Ghat is about 32 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia Ghat is in Mahagama tehsil of Godda district. Mahagama is about 6.7 km away. Ekchari is about 20 km away. Colgong is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.