About Balanga Village

Balanga is a mid sized village in Murhu tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 785, made up of 398 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431 hectares hectares.

Balanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balanga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Murhu
Area (hectares)	431 hectares
Population	785
Male Population	398
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balanga compares

By the 2011 count Balanga is the 35th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 608 residents. Its 431 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Balanga

Balanga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balanga as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Balanga from other places

Balanga lies about 13 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 28 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 Balanga
Tehsil headquarters	Murhu	9.1 km
District headquarters	Khunti	13 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	28 km

Villages closest to Balanga

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 Balanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Balanga village had a population of 785. That makes it the 35th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 608 residents.

Balanga village has 398 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balanga has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 996.

Balanga covers 431 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balanga falls under Murhu tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balanga is Karra, about 28 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 10+ km distance for Balanga.

Balanga is about 13 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balanga is in Murhu tehsil of Khunti district. Murhu is about 9.1 km away. Khunti is about 13 km away. Karra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.