About Balha Village

Balha is a mid sized village in Pipra tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 266 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Pipra
Pincode	824119
Area (hectares)	130 hectares
Population	504
Male Population	266
Female Population	238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balha compares

By the 2011 count Balha is the 26th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 583 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Balha

Balha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balha as Available within 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 Balha from other places

Balha lies about 156 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about 48 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 Balha
Tehsil headquarters	Pipra	19 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	30 km
Nearest railway station	Dev Road Halt	48 km
District headquarters	Palamu	156 km

Villages closest to Balha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balha village had a population of 504. That makes it the 26th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 583 residents.

Balha village has 266 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balha has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Balha is 824119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balha covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balha falls under Pipra tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balha is Dev Road Halt, about 48 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 5 - 10 km distance for Balha.

Balha is about 156 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balha is in Pipra tehsil of Palamu district. Pipra is about 19 km away. Sherghāti is about 30 km away. Dev Road Halt is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.