# Balram Village, Sona Rai Tharhi, Deoghar (Jharkhand) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/deoghar/sona-rai-tharhi/balram/ Village · Sona Rai Tharhi, Deoghar # Balram Balram is a village in Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district of Deoghar district, Jharkhand, PIN code **814160**. The 2011 Census counted **185 people in 33 households**, the 139th largest of 196 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%. - 185people (2011) - 33households - 63.0%literacy - 814160PIN code ## Balram PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Balram is 814160.** Balram falls in Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district, Deoghar district, Jharkhand. - PIN code814160 - Gram panchayatMahapur - Community development blockSona Rai Tharhi - Census village code354179 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Balram from nearby towns? - Dona Rai Tharhi (sub-district HQ)14 km by road - Deoghar (district HQ)49 km by road - Deoghar (nearest town)49 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 Balram? 7 services counted by the Census are inside Balram; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●ATMIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Deoghar - ○Degree college10+ km · Deoghar - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Deoghar - ○Primary health centre10+ km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post office5–10 km - ○Public bus service10+ km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○Commercial bank10+ km - ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular market10+ km - ○Public library10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tanks / ponds - Electricity (2011)5 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 Balram known for? The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include tobacco. About 39% of the 58 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 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 Balram Of every 100 households in Balram in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car. ■ Balram · ■ Sona Rai Tharhi rural average Electricity for lighting ****0%** **19% Toilet within the home ****3%** **2% No toilet (open defecation) ****97%** **98% Tap water ****0%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****3%** **5% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%** **0% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%** **95% Use banking services ****3%** **38% Television ****18%** **9% Mobile phone ****21%** **40% Computer with internet ****0%** **0% Two-wheeler ****3%** **8% Car / jeep / van ****0%** **1% None of these assets ****24%** **22% Own their home ****100%** **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 Balram? ■ Balram · ■ Sona Rai Tharhi rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%** **58.0% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989** **932 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824** **967 Working population ****62.2%** **49.0% ### Women and men Literacy is 73.7% for men and 52.6% for women. 62% of men and 62% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ******** **■** Cultivators 42 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (23%) · **■** Other work 15 (13%) · **■** Marginal 31 (27%) 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 Sona Rai Tharhi - Jalhara200 people - Mahadeb Amba192 people - Barjora186 people - Babhandiha185 people - Danraydih184 people - Amba178 people - Singhni176 people - Behratanr175 people [All 214 villages in Sona Rai Tharhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/deoghar/sona-rai-tharhi/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Balram?814160 - How far is Balram from Deoghar?49 km by road - What is the population of Balram?185 (Census 2011) - Which district is Balram in?Deoghar district (Sona Rai Tharhi sub-district), Jharkhand - What is the literacy rate of Balram?63.0% (Census 2011)