About Upar Balalong Village

Upar Balalong is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,267, made up of 653 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Upar Balalong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Upar Balalong village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	361.35 hectares
Population	1,267
Male Population	653
Female Population	614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Upar Balalong compares

By the 2011 count Upar Balalong is the 12th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 361.35 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Upar Balalong

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

Upar Balalong lies about 33 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Gautamdhara, about 29 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 Upar Balalong
Nearest town	Būndu	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Gautamdhara	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	33 km
District headquarters	Khunti	33 km

Villages closest to Upar Balalong

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Upar Balalong village had a population of 1,267. That makes it the 12th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Upar Balalong village has 653 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Upar Balalong has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Upar Balalong is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Upar Balalong covers 361.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Upar Balalong falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Upar Balalong is Gautamdhara, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Upar Balalong.

Upar Balalong is about 33 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Upar Balalong is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Būndu is about 8.1 km away. Gautamdhara is about 29 km away. Erki is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.