Balau
Maharajganj block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841244
· village code 231852
Population 2011
3,170
Census of India
Population 2020
4,053
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.9%
883 people · 2.8% a year
Households
450
-33.1% vs 673 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,170
Male / female
1,521 / 1,649
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,084
Children aged 0–6
449
Literacy rate
63.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
491 / 73
Working population
713
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.3%
Households
673
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
150
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balau 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
₹48.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.80 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.14 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.77 lakh · received ₹6.29 lakh · spent ₹25.92 lakh · left ₹14,961
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.51 lakh · received ₹9.50 lakh · spent ₹8.22 lakh · left ₹29.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0360, 84.5837 —
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How this village compares
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