Balua
Palasi block · Araria district, Bihar · PIN 854333 · village code 222007
Population 2011
12,456
Census of India
Population 2020
17,442
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.0%
4,986 people · 3.8% a year
Households
4,732
+83.6% vs 2,577 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
12,456
Male / female
6,538 / 5,918
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
905
Children aged 0–6
2,258
Literacy rate
48.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
549 / 56
Working population
4,035
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.8%
Households
2,577
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
2,331
Teachers
64
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2,962
Non-farm households
1,749
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
429 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
429 / 238 / 9
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Location
26.2342, 87.5597 — view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Bangawan · Belbari · Belsari · Pipra · Mahadeokol · Ramnagar · Phulsara · Pothia