Balua
Mashrakh block · Saran
district, Bihar · PIN 841417
· village code 232820
Population 2011
816
Census of India
Population 2020
1,060
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.9%
244 people · 2.9% a year
Households
195
+43.4% vs 136 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
816
Male / female
402 / 414
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,030
Children aged 0–6
93
Literacy rate
54.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
255
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.1%
Households
136
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
250
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
145
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
23 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
23 / 22 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arana panchayat, Mashrakh 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
₹23.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹35.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.41 lakh · received ₹7.69 lakh · spent ₹17.27 lakh · left ₹4.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.80 lakh · received ₹11.62 lakh · spent ₹17.93 lakh · left ₹2.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.0901, 84.8033 —
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