# Balua Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Balua

Balua is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **702 people in 129 households**, the 114th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 702people (2011)
- 129households
- 45.9%literacy
- 852females per 1,000 males

## Balua PIN code and other codes

Balua falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDhanauji
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216432

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?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)59 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)18 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?

8 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
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 68% of the 186 hectares of village land is sown, and 80 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, 3 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Balua · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**42%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****25%**

**38%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.9%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****852**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**959

Working population ****27.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.5% for men and 34.9% for women. 50% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 176 (91%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 13 (7%)

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 Gaunaha

- Bairia751 people
- Bajni747 people
- Kharkatwa741 people
- Bhikhnathori710 people
- Kachkahar702 people
- Bairia676 people
- Pirari668 people
- Ahrar666 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balua from Bettiah?59 km by road
- What is the population of Balua?702 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balua in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Balua?45.9% (Census 2011)