Balua
Piprasi block · Pashchim Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845104
· village code 216974
Population 2011
4,581
Census of India
Population 2020
4,722
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.1%
141 people · 0.3% a year
Households
960
+39.7% vs 687 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,581
Male / female
2,429 / 2,152
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
886
Children aged 0–6
796
Literacy rate
40.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
768 / 48
Working population
1,929
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.4%
Households
687
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
316
Teachers
610
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
595
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 400 / 44
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balua panchayat, Piprasi 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
₹19.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.16 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.74 lakh · received ₹2.85 lakh · spent ₹10.09 lakh · left ₹3.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.69 lakh · received ₹4.31 lakh · spent ₹3.96 lakh · left ₹9.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.9730, 84.0835 —
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