Balua
Gaunaha block · Pashchim Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845455
· village code 216393
Population 2011
1,201
Census of India
Population 2020
1,640
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.5%
439 people · 3.5% a year
Households
233
+30.2% vs 179 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,201
Male / female
615 / 586
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
270
Literacy rate
44.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
200 / 0
Working population
600
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.3%
Households
179
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
227
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
141
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
6 / 6 / 8
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lachhnauta panchayat, Gaunaha zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹5.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.20 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.44 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.02 lakh · received ₹7.25 lakh · spent ₹12.12 lakh · left ₹15,291
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹81,506 · received ₹10.95 lakh · spent ₹10.32 lakh · left ₹1.45 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.1712, 84.4753 —
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