About Balko Village

Balko is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 18 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balko village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816129
Area (hectares)	76.92 hectares
Population	38
Male Population	18
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
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 Balko compares

By the 2011 count Balko is the 175th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 76.92 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 992.

Getting to Balko

Balko is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balko 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 Balko from other places

Balko lies about 22 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 4.3 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 Balko
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	5.4 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	13 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	22 km

Villages closest to Balko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Balko village had a population of 38. That makes it the 175th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Balko village has 18 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balko has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Balko is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balko covers 76.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Balko falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Balko is Kalian Chak, about 4.3 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 10+ km distance for Balko.

Balko 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.

Balko is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kalian Chak is about 4.3 km away. Taljhari is about 5.4 km away. Rājmahal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.