About Balaktola Village

Balaktola is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 196 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balaktola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balaktola village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816106
Area (hectares)	89.07 hectares
Population	407
Male Population	196
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
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 Balaktola compares

By the 2011 count Balaktola is the 184th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 89.07 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Balaktola

Balaktola is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balaktola 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 Balaktola from other places

Balaktola lies about 31 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 7.1 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 Balaktola
Nearest railway station	Chatra	7.1 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	12 km
District headquarters	Pakur	31 km

Villages closest to Balaktola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balaktola village had a population of 407. That makes it the 184th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Balaktola village has 196 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balaktola has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Balaktola is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balaktola covers 89.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balaktola falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balaktola is Chatra, about 7.1 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 Balaktola.

Balaktola is about 31 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balaktola is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Chatra is about 7.1 km away. Nalhāti is about 9.4 km away. Maheshpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.