Balkand, Manjhari

Balkand (बालकाण्ड) is a village located in the Manjhari Subdivision of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. The village falls in Manjhari block and comes under Pilka Gram Panchayat.

As on January 2025, the current population of Balkand is 1.5 thousands out of which 760 are males and rest 785 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1033 females per 1000 males. There are around 222 teenagers in Balkand. It has literacy rate of 44% which means around 674 persons can read and write. Total 113 people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.3 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 253 households in Balkand, which means every family has 6 members on average. The village has working population of 1.1 thousands. The pincode of Balkand is 833201 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Chaibasa Head Post office
• Bari Bazar Sub Post office

Schools

Balkand has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Upgrade Middle School Balkand

Hospitals

Balkand has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Health Sub-Center Baralangra
• Community Health Center Chaibasa
• Health Sub-Center Nagarkatta
• Health Sub-Center Baralangia
• Health Sub-Center Gidbas

Banks

Balkand has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa, Jharkhand
• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa, Jharkand
• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa
• Bandhan Bank Chaibasa
• Central Bank of India Chaibasa