# Bala Chak Village, Balia, Begusarai (Bihar) – PIN Code

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/begusarai/balia/bala-chak/

Village · Balia, Begusarai 

# Bala Chak

Bala Chak is a village in Balia sub-district of Begusarai district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,320 people in 412 households**, the 19th largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,320people (2011)
- 412households
- 57.4%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Bala Chak PIN code and other codes

Bala Chak falls in Balia sub-district, Begusarai district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBalachak
- Community development blockBalia
- Census village code238331

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

## How far is Bala Chak from nearby towns?

- Balia (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Begusarai (district HQ)26 km by road
- Balia (nearest town)3 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 Bala Chak?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bala Chak; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sadanandpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Begusarai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Begusarai
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

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 Bala Chak known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 87% of the 161 hectares of village land is sown, and 79 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 Bala Chak

Of every 100 households in Bala Chak in 2011, 24 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bala Chak · ■ Balia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**69%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****40%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bala Chak?

■ Bala Chak · ■ Balia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**875

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**912

Working population ****28.3%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 44.7% for women. 44% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 13 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (8%) · **■** Other work 92 (14%) · **■** Marginal 502 (76%)

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 Balia

- Saleh Chak3,270 people
- Fatehpur3,137 people
- Masudanpur2,795 people
- Tajpur2,383 people
- Shahpur2,229 people
- Kamalpur2,060 people
- Danauli2,002 people
- Kasipur1,626 people

[All 107 villages in Balia](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/begusarai/balia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bala Chak from Begusarai?26 km by road
- What is the population of Bala Chak?2,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bala Chak in?Begusarai district (Balia sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bala Chak?57.4% (Census 2011)