Balua
Palasi block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854333
· village code 222098
Population 2011
1,830
Census of India
Population 2020
2,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.8%
270 people · 1.5% a year
Households
485
+6.1% vs 457 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,830
Male / female
940 / 890
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
327
Literacy rate
44.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
615 / 0
Working population
786
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.3%
Households
457
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
315
Non-farm households
170
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
93 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
93 / 89 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhikha panchayat, Palasi 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
₹30.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.35 lakh
Received directly
₹27,383
Spent
₹45.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.33 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.07 lakh · received ₹7.71 lakh · spent ₹26.45 lakh · left ₹5.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.69 lakh · received ₹11.64 lakh · spent ₹18.61 lakh · left ₹80
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2158, 87.5708 —
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