# Balsota Village, Bhandra, Lohardaga (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Bhandra, Lohardaga 

# Balsota

Balsota is a village in Bhandra sub-district of Lohardaga district, Jharkhand, PIN code **835302**. The 2011 Census counted **799 people in 143 households**, the 31st largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 799people (2011)
- 143households
- 62.5%literacy
- 835302PIN code

## Balsota PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balsota is 835302.** Balsota falls in Bhandra sub-district, Lohardaga district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code835302
- Gram panchayatBhaunro
- Community development blockBhandra
- Census village code363188

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

## How far is Balsota from nearby towns?

- Bhandra (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Lohardaga (district HQ)22 km by road
- Lohardaga (nearest town)22 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 Balsota?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Balsota; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bhandra
- ○Degree college10+ km · Lohardaga
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps 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 Balsota known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 55% of the 230 hectares of village land is sown, and 18 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 Balsota

Of every 100 households in Balsota in 2011, 0 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balsota · ■ Bhandra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****76%**

**54%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

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 Balsota?

■ Balsota · ■ Bhandra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**993

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****639**

**968

Working population ****59.4%**

**54.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 54.9% for women. 57% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 106 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 353 (74%)

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 Bhandra

- Porha859 people
- Dhanamunji849 people
- Kundo839 people
- Makunda839 people
- Kanjo798 people
- Bamhandiha758 people
- Bitpi724 people
- Tetarpoka698 people

[All 45 villages in Bhandra](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/lohardaga/bhandra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balsota?835302
- How far is Balsota from Lohardaga?22 km by road
- What is the population of Balsota?799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balsota in?Lohardaga district (Bhandra sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Balsota?62.5% (Census 2011)