About Balgura Village

Balgura is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 52 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balgura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balgura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	18.85 hectares
Population	104
Male Population	52
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Balgura compares

By the 2011 count Balgura is the 146th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 18.85 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 1008.

Getting to Balgura

Balgura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balgura 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balgura from other places

Balgura lies about 22 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kumaripur, about 1.7 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 Balgura
Nearest railway station	Kumaripur	1.7 km
Nearest town	Katihar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	22 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	22 km

Villages closest to Balgura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balgura village had a population of 104. That makes it the 146th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Balgura village has 52 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balgura has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Balgura is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balgura covers 18.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Balgura falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balgura is Kumaripur, about 1.7 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 10+ km distance for Balgura.

Balgura is about 22 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balgura is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kumaripur is about 1.7 km away. Katihar is about 11 km away. Barhait is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.