# Balaura Village, Ramnagar, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ramnagar, Pashchim Champaran 

# Balaura

Balaura is a village in Ramnagar sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845106**. The 2011 Census counted **831 people in 157 households**, the 80th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.7%.

- 831people (2011)
- 157households
- 55.0%literacy
- 845106PIN code

## Balaura PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Balaura is 845106.** Balaura falls in Ramnagar sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845106
- Gram panchayatTaulaha
- Community development blockRamnagar
- Census village code216309

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

## How far is Balaura from nearby towns?

- Ramnagar (sub-district HQ)45 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)66 km by road
- Ramnagar (nearest town)10 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 Balaura?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Balaura; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Bigri
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ramnagar
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Ramnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 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 Balaura known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 105 hectares of village land is sown, and 30 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 Balaura

Of every 100 households in Balaura in 2011, 1 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Balaura · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**54%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****8%**

**40%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**28%

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 Balaura?

■ Balaura · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**52.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1082**

**981

Working population ****45.5%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 39.0% for women. 57% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 21 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (21%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 269 (71%)

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 Ramnagar

- Harpur986 people
- Sikta973 people
- Shivpurwa851 people
- silautia841 people
- Singahi831 people
- Katsikri789 people
- Baikunthwa782 people
- Kaulachi781 people

[All 152 villages in Ramnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/ramnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Balaura?845106
- How far is Balaura from Bettiah?66 km by road
- What is the population of Balaura?831 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaura in?Pashchim Champaran district (Ramnagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Balaura?55.0% (Census 2011)