About Balo Village

Balo is a mid sized village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 281 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	264 hectares
Population	542
Male Population	281
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
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 Balo compares

By the 2011 count Balo is the 55th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 264 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 996.

Getting to Balo

Balo is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balo 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 Balo from other places

Balo lies about 15 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 21 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 Balo
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	6.2 km
District headquarters	Khunti	15 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	21 km

Villages closest to Balo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balo village had a population of 542. That makes it the 55th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Balo village has 281 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balo has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Balo is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balo covers 264 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balo falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balo is Karra, about 21 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 Balo.

Balo is about 15 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balo is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 6.2 km away. Khunti is about 15 km away. Karra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.