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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BHUJANGI YADAV
Contact: 74****3704
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- LGD code
- 238671
- Pincode
- 851201
- Post office
- Chautham
- Population
- 4,073
- Households
- 845
- Literacy rate
- 36.4%
- Sex ratio
- 875 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,981
Census 2011 · in context
How Bal Kunda compares
By population, Bal Kunda ranks #14 of 28 villages in Chautham mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.4%
−7.9% vs mandal average
Bal Kunda36.4%
Chautham mandal44.3%
Khagaria district46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
875
−9 vs mandal average
Bal Kunda875
Chautham mandal884
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.3 vs mandal average
Bal Kunda4.8
Chautham mandal5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bal Kunda at a glance
Bal Kunda is a village of 4,073 people in 845 households (Census 2011) in Chautham block, Khagaria district, Bihar, the 14th-largest of 28 villages in Chautham block. Literacy is 36%, 8 points below the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 851201, served by Chautham post office; the LGD village code is 238671. The sarpanch is BHUJANGI YADAV, and the village votes in Bakhri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar. The population is estimated at 4,802 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bal Kunda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KHAGARIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Rohiyar
- Total area (ha)
- 779
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 401
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bal Kunda
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bal Kunda
- LGD code
- 238671
- Pincode
- 851201
- Post office
- Chautham
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,073
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,802
- Households
- 845
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 875
- Literacy rate
- 36.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bakhri
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BHUJANGI YADAV
- Block / Mandal
- Chautham
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View all 27 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)