About Balu Village

Balu is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,100, made up of 578 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Kanke
Pincode	834006
Area (hectares)	217.05 hectares
Population	1,100
Male Population	578
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
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 Balu compares

By the 2011 count Balu is the 63rd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 217.05 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Balu

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

Balu lies about 17 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, about 7.3 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 Balu
Tehsil headquarters	Kanke	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Hundur Halt	7.3 km
Nearest town	Rātu	14 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	17 km

Villages closest to Balu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balu village had a population of 1,100. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Balu village has 578 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balu has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Balu is 834006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balu covers 217.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balu falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balu is Hundur Halt, about 7.3 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 Balu.

Balu is about 17 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balu is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Kanke is about 7.0 km away. Hundur Halt is about 7.3 km away. Rātu is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.