# Balua Mardan Village, Taraiya, Saran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Taraiya, Saran 

# Balua Mardan

Balua Mardan is a village in Taraiya sub-district of Saran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **518 people in 98 households**, the 64th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.8%.

- 518people (2011)
- 98households
- 35.5%literacy
- 1,132females per 1,000 males

## Balua Mardan PIN code and other codes

Balua Mardan falls in Taraiya sub-district, Saran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatChanchalia
- Community development blockTaraiya
- Census village code233004

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

## How far is Balua Mardan from nearby towns?

- Taraiya (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Chhapra (district HQ)45 km by road
- Marhaura (nearest town)12 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 Mardan?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Balua Mardan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Debriya
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Amnour
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Maraurah
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 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 Mardan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 66% of the 66 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 Balua Mardan

Of every 100 households in Balua Mardan in 2011, 11 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balua Mardan · ■ Taraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**57%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****24%**

**56%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mardan?

■ Balua Mardan · ■ Taraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.5%**

**61.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1132**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1107**

**926

Working population ****16.6%**

**27.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.2% for men and 23.5% for women. 35% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (6%) · **■** Marginal 79 (92%)

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 Taraiya

- Sanikhairati638 people
- sirmi624 people
- Ramkola559 people
- Chandpura557 people
- Jimdaha442 people
- Rajwara Muqim396 people
- Kishunpura359 people
- Shampur318 people

[All 86 villages in Taraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/saran/taraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Balua Mardan from Chhapra?45 km by road
- What is the population of Balua Mardan?518 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balua Mardan in?Saran district (Taraiya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Balua Mardan?35.5% (Census 2011)