# Balaha Village, Amnour, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Amnour, Saran 

# Balaha

Balaha is a village in Amnour sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,224 people in 222 households**, the 68th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.8%.

- 1,224people (2011)
- 222households
- 75.0%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Balaha PIN code and other codes

Balaha falls in Amnour sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDharahra Khur
- Community development blockAmnour
- Census village code233919

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

## How far is Balaha from nearby towns?

- Amnour (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)38 km by road
- Chapra (nearest town)30 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 Balaha?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Balaha; 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
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Madhoura
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Madhoura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Marhaura
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Balaha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 58% of the 113 hectares of village land is sown, and 64 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 Balaha

Of every 100 households in Balaha in 2011, 2 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Balaha · ■ Amnour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**84%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**96%

Use banking services ****70%**

**57%

Television ****40%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**14%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Balaha?

■ Balaha · ■ Amnour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**63.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****711**

**919

Working population ****20.0%**

**27.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 63.1% for women. 34% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 87 (36%) · **■** Marginal 147 (60%)

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 Amnour

- Bande1,240 people
- Manpur1,237 people
- Gawandri1,229 people
- Patrahi Khurd1,226 people
- Nauranga1,214 people
- Narsingh Bhanpur1,182 people
- Guna Chhapra1,144 people
- Bagahi1,130 people

[All 118 villages in Amnour](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/amnour/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balaha from Chhapra?38 km by road
- What is the population of Balaha?1,224 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balaha in?Saran district (Amnour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Balaha?75.0% (Census 2011)