About Balsota Village

Balsota is a mid sized village in Bhandra tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 799, made up of 411 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balsota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balsota village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Bhandra
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	230 hectares
Population	799
Male Population	411
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balsota compares

By the 2011 count Balsota is the 31st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents. Its 230 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 1003.

Getting to Balsota

Balsota is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balsota 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balsota from other places

Balsota lies about 17 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Akashi, about 7.9 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 Balsota
Tehsil headquarters	Bhandra	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Akashi	7.9 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	17 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	17 km

Villages closest to Balsota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balsota village had a population of 799. That makes it the 31st largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,273 residents.

Balsota village has 411 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balsota has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Balsota is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balsota covers 230 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balsota falls under Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balsota is Akashi, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Balsota.

Balsota is about 17 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balsota is in Bhandra tehsil of Lohardaga district. Bhandra is about 2.9 km away. Akashi is about 7.9 km away. Lohardaga is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.