# Balbala Village, Jamua, Giridih (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Jamua, Giridih 

# Balbala

Balbala is a village in Jamua sub-district of Giridih district, Jharkhand, PIN code **815314**. The 2011 Census counted **1,472 people in 237 households**, the 41st largest of 305 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,472people (2011)
- 237households
- 67.9%literacy
- 815314PIN code

## Balbala PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balbala is 815314.** Balbala falls in Jamua sub-district, Giridih district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code815314
- Gram panchayatJaridih
- Community development blockJamua
- Census village code351284

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

## How far is Balbala from nearby towns?

- Jamua (sub-district HQ)31 km by road
- Giridih (district HQ)31 km by road
- Giridih (nearest town)35 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 Balbala?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Balbala; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jamua
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Jamua
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Dhanbad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

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 Balbala known for?

The main crops are **rice**. Products made here include bricks. About 20% of the 259 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Balbala

Of every 100 households in Balbala in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balbala · ■ Jamua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****48%**

**72%

Use banking services ****36%**

**58%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****43%**

**14%

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 Balbala?

■ Balbala · ■ Jamua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**940

Working population ****43.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 49.7% for women. 50% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (5%) · **■** Marginal 591 (93%)

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 Jamua

- Sali1,551 people
- Sihodih1,529 people
- Kasiatola1,513 people
- Jaruadih1,501 people
- Dangardih1,453 people
- Jora Sankh1,449 people
- Jaridi1,434 people
- Gadikhurd1,426 people

[All 315 villages in Jamua](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/giridih/jamua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balbala?815314
- How far is Balbala from Giridih?31 km by road
- What is the population of Balbala?1,472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balbala in?Giridih district (Jamua sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Balbala?67.9% (Census 2011)