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About Balipos Village

Balipos is a small village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 3 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balipos Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balipos village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Sonua
Pincode 833102
Area (hectares) 13.59 hectares
Population 6
Male Population 3
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Balipos compares

By the 2011 count Balipos is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 13.59 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Balipos

The census records public bus service for Balipos as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balipos from other places

Balipos lies about 16 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum. 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 Balipos
Tehsil headquarters Sonua 2.1 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 16 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 18 km

Villages closest to Balipos

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

Common questions about Balipos

As per the Census of India 2011, Balipos village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Balipos village has 3 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balipos has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Balipos is 833102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balipos covers 13.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balipos falls under Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Balipos notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Balipos.

Balipos is about 16 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balipos is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 2.1 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 16 km away. Chakradharpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahisabera (under 2 km), Banjira (under 2 km) and Rajgaon (under 2 km).

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

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