About Ballam Village

Ballam is a small village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 207 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ballam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ballam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Pincode	832303
Area (hectares)	171 hectares
Population	423
Male Population	207
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ballam compares

By the 2011 count Ballam is the 80th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 171 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Ballam

Ballam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ballam 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 Baitalpur, Baki, Baliam and Balidi. 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.

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Common questions about Ballam

As per the Census of India 2011, Ballam village had a population of 423. That makes it the 80th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Ballam village has 207 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ballam has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Ballam is 832303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ballam covers 171 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Ballam 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 Ballam.

Ballam 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.