Bhalua is a village in Katoria mandal, Banka district, Bihar, with a population of 1,184 across 212 households and a literacy rate of 49.4%. It is located at coordinates 25.199°N, 87.459°E with PIN code 813106.
By population, Bhalua ranks #32 of 379 villages in Katoria mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalua is a village of 1,184 people in 212 households (Census 2011) in Katoria block, Banka district, Bihar, the 32nd-largest of 379 villages in Katoria block. Literacy is 49%, 12 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 931 women per 1,000 men. It lies 114 km from the Banka district centre, 6 km from Karma, the nearest town, 8 km from Mirza Cheuki Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813106, served by Katoria post office; the LGD village code is 241971. The nearest hospital or health centre is B R Clinic, 2 km away. The sarpanch is URMILA DEVI, and the village votes in Amarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Jayant Raj. The population is estimated at 1,396 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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