Balua
Hasanganj block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854107
· village code 224448
Population 2011
2,377
Census of India
Population 2020
2,785
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.2%
408 people · 1.8% a year
Households
685
+39.0% vs 493 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,377
Male / female
1,234 / 1,143
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
468
Literacy rate
50.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
22 / 655
Working population
887
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.7%
Households
493
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
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
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
75
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
595
Non-farm households
90
Share of households farming, 2020
87%
Net sown area
62 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
62 / 35 / 27
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balua panchayat, Hasanganj 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
₹34.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.85 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹43.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.49 lakh · received ₹6.31 lakh · spent ₹14.41 lakh · left ₹1.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.07 lakh · received ₹9.53 lakh · spent ₹29.24 lakh · left ₹5.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.6396, 87.5785 —
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