Balia
Darauli block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841234
· village code 232305
Population 2011
1,135
Census of India
Population 2020
1,295
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.1%
160 people · 1.5% a year
Households
235
+3.1% vs 228 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,135
Male / female
489 / 646
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,321
Children aged 0–6
203
Literacy rate
51.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
132 / 213
Working population
256
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.0%
Households
228
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
303
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
51
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
195
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
62 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
61 / 62 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Krishnapali panchayat, Darauli 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
₹58.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.21 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹42.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.18 lakh · received ₹8.05 lakh · spent ₹23.11 lakh · left ₹12,186
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.04 lakh · received ₹12.16 lakh · spent ₹19.07 lakh · left ₹36.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0721, 84.1283 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar