# Balihar Village, Simri, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Simri, Buxar 

# Balihar

Balihar is a village in Simri sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,494 people in 749 households**, the 14th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 4,494people (2011)
- 749households
- 71.5%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Balihar PIN code and other codes

Balihar falls in Simri sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBalihar
- Community development blockSimri
- Census village code247797

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

## How far is Balihar from nearby towns?

- Simri (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)24 km by road
- Dumraon (nearest town)14 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 Balihar?

22 services counted by the Census are inside Balihar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn 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

- ○Degree college10+ km · Dumri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Balihar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 270 hectares of village land is sown, and 213 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 Balihar

Of every 100 households in Balihar in 2011, 25 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Balihar · ■ Simri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**77%

Tap water ****4%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****72%**

**62%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**16%

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 Balihar?

■ Balihar · ■ Simri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**921

Working population ****33.5%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 61.2% for women. 45% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 188 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (6%) · **■** Household industry 67 (4%) · **■** Other work 563 (37%) · **■** Marginal 604 (40%)

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 Simri

- Kharhatanr5,303 people
- Rajapur5,196 people
- Sahiyar4,978 people
- Kazipur4,678 people
- Dullahpur4,345 people
- Paigambarpur4,001 people
- Neyazipur3,954 people
- Ekauna3,890 people

[All 156 villages in Simri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/simri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balihar from Buxar?24 km by road
- What is the population of Balihar?4,494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balihar in?Buxar district (Simri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Balihar?71.5% (Census 2011)