Balia
Maharajganj block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841506
· village code 231825
Population 2011
6,764
Census of India
Population 2020
7,442
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
678 people · 1.1% a year
Households
1,251
+11.1% vs 1,126 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,764
Male / female
3,467 / 3,297
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
1,184
Literacy rate
60.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,172 / 61
Working population
2,100
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.3%
Households
1,126
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
240
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
674
Non-farm households
470
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
274 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
274 / 267 / 180
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balia panchayat, Maharajganj 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
₹23.15 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.89 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹33.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.07 lakh · received ₹6.33 lakh · spent ₹7.98 lakh · left ₹1.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.08 lakh · received ₹9.56 lakh · spent ₹25.29 lakh · left ₹4.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1802, 84.5274 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar