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About Baliam Village

Baliam is a small village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 199 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares.

Baliam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baliam village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Ghatshila
Area (hectares) 226 hectares
Population 428
Male Population 199
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,151
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baliam compares

By the 2011 count Baliam is the 78th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 990.

Getting to Baliam

Baliam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Baliam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bagbinda, Baghmuri, Baghuriya and Baitalpur. 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 Baliam

As per the Census of India 2011, Baliam village had a population of 428. That makes it the 78th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Baliam village has 199 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baliam has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Baliam covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baliam falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Baliam 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 10+ km distance for Baliam.

Baliam is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi 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 Baliam today is likely to be higher.

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