Balia
Andar block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841237
· village code 232431
Population 2011
2,238
Census of India
Population 2020
2,252
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.6%
14 people · 0.1% a year
Households
273
-22.2% vs 351 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,238
Male / female
1,136 / 1,102
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
291
Literacy rate
60.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
148 / 180
Working population
471
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.9%
Households
351
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
63
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
7 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
7 / 5 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balia panchayat, Andar 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
₹46.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.17 lakh
Received directly
₹3.50 lakh
Spent
₹46.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹17.86 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.22 lakh · received ₹5.65 lakh · spent ₹16.26 lakh · left ₹7.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.47 lakh · received ₹8.53 lakh · spent ₹30.25 lakh · left ₹10.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1261, 84.2876 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar