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About Babu Balia Village

Babu Balia is a mid sized village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,115, made up of 594 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babu Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babu Balia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Barkagaon
Pincode 825311
Area (hectares) 218 hectares
Population 1,115
Male Population 594
Female Population 521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
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 Babu Balia compares

By the 2011 count Babu Balia is the 45th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Babu Balia

Babu Balia is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Babu Balia 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 Babu Balia from other places

Babu Balia lies about 29 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 12 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 Babu Balia
Nearest railway station Shivpur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Barkagaon 14 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 29 km
Nearest town Churi 29 km

Villages closest to Babu Balia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babu Balia village had a population of 1,115. That makes it the 45th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Babu Balia village has 594 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babu Balia has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Babu Balia is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babu Balia covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babu Balia falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Babu Balia is Shivpur, about 12 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 Babu Balia.

Babu Balia is about 29 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babu Balia is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Shivpur is about 12 km away. Barkagaon is about 14 km away. Hazaribagh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Churchu (11 km), Sinduari (11 km) and Sikri (11 km).

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

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