Balua
Gaunaha block · Pashchim Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845455
· village code 216432
Population 2011
702
Census of India
Population 2020
830
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.2%
128 people · 1.9% a year
Households
148
+14.7% vs 129 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
702
Male / female
379 / 323
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
852
Children aged 0–6
55
Literacy rate
42.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
302 / 4
Working population
194
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.9%
Households
129
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
99
Non-farm households
44
Share of households farming, 2020
69%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 0 / 58
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhanauji 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
₹48.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.12 lakh
Received directly
₹1.23 lakh
Spent
₹29.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.40 lakh · received ₹6.82 lakh · spent ₹7.56 lakh · left ₹16.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.69 lakh · received ₹10.30 lakh · spent ₹21.79 lakh · left ₹20.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2613, 84.5437 —
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