About Balankel Village

Balankel is a mid sized village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,301, made up of 661 males and 640 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594 hectares hectares.

Balankel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balankel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Rania
Area (hectares)	594 hectares
Population	1,301
Male Population	661
Female Population	640
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balankel compares

By the 2011 count Balankel is the 6th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 594 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Balankel

Balankel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balankel as Available within village. 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 Balankel from other places

Balankel lies about 37 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 15 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 Balankel
Tehsil headquarters	Rania	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	15 km
District headquarters	Khunti	37 km

Villages closest to Balankel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balankel village had a population of 1,301. That makes it the 6th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Balankel village has 661 males and 640 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balankel has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Balankel covers 594 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balankel falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balankel is Pakra, about 15 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balankel.

Balankel is about 37 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balankel is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Rania is about 3.4 km away. Pakra is about 15 km away. Khunti is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.