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About Bhalupahari Village

Bhalupahari is a mid sized village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 300 males and 253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhalupahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhalupahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Saraikela
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 322 hectares
Population 553
Male Population 300
Female Population 253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bhalupahari compares

By the 2011 count Bhalupahari is the 45th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 322 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Bhalupahari

Bhalupahari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhalupahari as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bhalupahari from other places

Bhalupahari lies about 6.5 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Birbans, about 3.2 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 Bhalupahari
Nearest railway station Birbans 3.2 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraikela 14 km
Nearest town Bhetia 15 km

Villages closest to Bhalupahari

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

Common questions about Bhalupahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhalupahari village had a population of 553. That makes it the 45th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Bhalupahari village has 300 males and 253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhalupahari has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Bhalupahari is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhalupahari covers 322 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhalupahari falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhalupahari is Birbans, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bhalupahari.

Bhalupahari is about 6.5 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhalupahari is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Birbans is about 3.2 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 6.5 km away. Saraikela is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Santipur (under 2 km), Sindri (under 2 km) and Panarol (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bhalupahari today is likely to be higher.

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