About Balgara Kalan Village

Balgara Kalan is a small village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 182 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balgara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balgara Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	822123
Area (hectares)	258 hectares
Population	378
Male Population	182
Female Population	196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balgara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Balgara Kalan is the 100th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 258 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Balgara Kalan

Balgara Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balgara Kalan as Available within village. 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 Balgara Kalan from other places

Balgara Kalan lies about 28 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Sondimra, about 16 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 Balgara Kalan
Nearest railway station	Sondimra	16 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	28 km
District headquarters	Palamu	28 km

Villages closest to Balgara Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patan 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 Balgara Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Balgara Kalan village had a population of 378. That makes it the 100th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Balgara Kalan village has 182 males and 196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balgara Kalan has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Balgara Kalan is 822123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balgara Kalan covers 258 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balgara Kalan falls under Patan tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balgara Kalan is Sondimra, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balgara Kalan.

Balgara Kalan is about 28 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balgara Kalan is in Patan tehsil of Palamu district. Sondimra is about 16 km away. Kathhāra is about 19 km away. Patan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.