About Gosain Balia Village

Gosain Balia is a mid sized village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,929, made up of 1,046 males and 883 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gosain Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gosain Balia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	144.67 hectares
Population	1,929
Male Population	1,046
Female Population	883
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gosain Balia compares

By the 2011 count Gosain Balia is the 25th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 144.67 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Gosain Balia

Gosain Balia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gosain Balia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gosain Balia from other places

Gosain Balia lies about 23 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Bes, 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 Gosain Balia
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Bes	12 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	16 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	23 km

Villages closest to Gosain 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.

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Common questions about Gosain Balia

As per the Census of India 2011, Gosain Balia village had a population of 1,929. That makes it the 25th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Gosain Balia village has 1,046 males and 883 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gosain Balia has about 844 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 Gosain Balia is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gosain Balia covers 144.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Gosain Balia is Bes, 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 village for Gosain Balia.

Gosain Balia is about 23 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gosain Balia is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barkagaon is about 7.3 km away. Bes is about 12 km away. Patrātu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.