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About Diku Balkand Village

Diku Balkand is a mid sized village in Hat Gamharia tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,849, made up of 923 males and 926 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Diku Balkand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Diku Balkand village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Hat Gamharia
Pincode 833214
Area (hectares) 365 hectares
Population 1,849
Male Population 923
Female Population 926
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Diku Balkand compares

By the 2011 count Diku Balkand is the 13th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,252 residents. Its 365 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Diku Balkand

Diku Balkand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Diku Balkand as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bindisai, Damodarpur, Darbila and Deo Jori. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Diku Balkand

As per the Census of India 2011, Diku Balkand village had a population of 1,849. That makes it the 13th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,252 residents.

Diku Balkand village has 923 males and 926 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Diku Balkand has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Diku Balkand is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Diku Balkand covers 365 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Diku Balkand falls under Hat Gamharia tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Diku Balkand notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Diku Balkand.

Diku Balkand is in Hat Gamharia tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Diku Balkand today is likely to be higher.

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