Balsama observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Balsama is a village in Azamnagar mandal, Katihar district, Bihar. It has a population of 1,401 spread across 315 households with a literacy rate of 37%. The village is situated at coordinates 25.534°N, 87.835°E.
By population, Balsama ranks #87 of 234 villages in Azamnagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balsama is a village of 1,401 people in 315 households (Census 2011) in Azamnagar block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 87th-largest of 234 villages in Azamnagar block. Literacy is 37%, 1 points below the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 962 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Katihar district centre, 6 km from Kusaha, the nearest town, 2 km from Kamalpur Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855113, served by Salmari post office; the LGD village code is 225238. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Salmari, 9 km away. The sarpanch is maruf alam, and the village votes in Katihar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tarkishore Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,652 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dahnia →
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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