# Tola Balkakna Village, Sono, Jamui (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sono, Jamui 

# Tola Balkakna

Tola Balkakna is a village in Sono sub-district of Jamui district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **149 people in 21 households**, the 178th largest of 210 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 149people (2011)
- 21households
- 80.6%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Tola Balkakna PIN code and other codes

Tola Balkakna falls in Sono sub-district, Jamui district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBalthar
- Community development blockSono
- Census village code259297

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Tola Balkakna from nearby towns?

- Sono (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Jamui (district HQ)40 km by road
- Jhajha (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Tola Balkakna?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Tola Balkakna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Balkakana
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Balkakana
- ○Degree college10+ km · Balkakana
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhagalpur
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tola Balkakna known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 100% of the 10 hectares of village land is sown, and 4 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Tola Balkakna

Of every 100 households in Tola Balkakna in 2011, 0 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Tola Balkakna · ■ Sono rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****95%**

**35%

Television ****30%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**39%

Own their home ****95%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Tola Balkakna?

■ Tola Balkakna · ■ Sono rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**972

Working population ****71.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 67.2% for women. 81% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 21 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (14%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 68 (64%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sono

- Tola Bikramdih162 people
- Tola Ghogha162 people
- Tola Purainia158 people
- Tola Ghosari156 people
- Tola Aklu146 people
- Tola Sugatanr143 people
- Tola Asuta142 people
- Tola Baghakolo139 people

[All 249 villages in Sono](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/jamui/sono/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tola Balkakna from Jamui?40 km by road
- What is the population of Tola Balkakna?149 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tola Balkakna in?Jamui district (Sono sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tola Balkakna?80.6% (Census 2011)