About Bat Village

Bat is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 47 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 681 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bat village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Sundarpahari
Pincode	814156
Area (hectares)	51.94 hectares
Population	79
Male Population	47
Female Population	32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	681
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 Bat compares

By the 2011 count Bat is the 153rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 51.94 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Bat

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

Bat lies about 53 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 25 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 Bat
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarpahari	21 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	25 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	34 km
District headquarters	Godda	53 km

Villages closest to Bat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bat village had a population of 79. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Bat village has 47 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bat has about 681 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Bat is 814156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bat covers 51.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bat falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bat is Harinsing, about 25 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 Bat.

Bat is about 53 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bat is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Sundarpahari is about 21 km away. Harinsing is about 25 km away. Nalhāti is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.