# Balua Village, Palasi, Araria (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Palasi, Araria 

# Balua

Balua is a village in Palasi sub-district of Araria district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,830 people in 457 households**, the 47th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 52.8%.

- 1,830people (2011)
- 457households
- 53.6%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Balua PIN code and other codes

Balua falls in Palasi sub-district, Araria district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBhikha
- Community development blockPalasi
- Census village code222098

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Balua from nearby towns?

- Palasi (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Araria (district HQ)24 km by road
- Araria (nearest town)24 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Balua?

19 services counted by the Census are inside Balua; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Araria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Araria
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Araria
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Balua known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 73% of the 266 hectares of village land is sown, and 117 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Balua

Of every 100 households in Balua in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Balua · ■ Palasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**0%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****30%**

**18%

Television ****4%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Balua?

■ Balua · ■ Palasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.6%**

**52.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**972

Working population ****43.0%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.2% for men and 46.4% for women. 48% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 391 (50%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 89 (11%) · **■** Marginal 245 (31%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Palasi

- Bhatwara1,997 people
- Gopalnagar1,984 people
- Pothia1,962 people
- Bakainia1,884 people
- Marichgaon1,810 people
- Tarbi1,803 people
- Dipnagar1,710 people
- Nakta Khurd1,699 people

[All 107 villages in Palasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/araria/palasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balua from Araria?24 km by road
- What is the population of Balua?1,830 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balua in?Araria district (Palasi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Balua?53.6% (Census 2011)