About Balia Village

Balia is a small village in Katkamsandi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 477, made up of 275 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 735 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Katkamsandi
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	299 hectares
Population	477
Male Population	275
Female Population	202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	735
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balia compares

By the 2011 count Balia is the 51st largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents. Its 299 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 951.

Getting to Balia

Balia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 from other places

Balia lies about 20 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, about 22 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
Tehsil headquarters	Katkamsandi	20 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	20 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	20 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribag Town	22 km

Villages closest to Balia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia village had a population of 477. That makes it the 51st largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,224 residents.

Balia village has 275 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 735 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

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

Balia covers 299 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balia falls under Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balia is Hazaribag Town, about 22 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 - 10 km distance for Balia.

Balia is about 20 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia is in Katkamsandi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Katkamsandi is about 20 km away. Hazaribagh is about 20 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.