About Balia Katra Village

Balia Katra is a small village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 115 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Katra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia Katra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Pakuria
Pincode	816117
Area (hectares)	49 hectares
Population	241
Male Population	115
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,096
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 Balia Katra compares

By the 2011 count Balia Katra is the 126th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Balia Katra

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

Balia Katra lies about 38 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Adalpahari, about 12 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 Balia Katra
Tehsil headquarters	Pakuria	7.4 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	11 km
Nearest railway station	Adalpahari	12 km
District headquarters	Pakur	38 km

Villages closest to Balia Katra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakuria 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 Balia Katra

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia Katra village had a population of 241. That makes it the 126th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Balia Katra village has 115 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia Katra has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Balia Katra is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia Katra covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balia Katra falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balia Katra is Adalpahari, about 12 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 Balia Katra.

Balia Katra is about 38 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia Katra is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pakuria is about 7.4 km away. Nalhāti is about 11 km away. Adalpahari is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.