Balaur observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Balaur is a village in Silao mandal, Nalanda district, Bihar, with a population of 1,374 across 274 households. The village has a literacy rate of 46.7% and is located at coordinates 25.423°N, 86.314°E with PIN code 803117.
By population, Balaur ranks #29 of 49 villages in Silao mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balaur is a village of 1,374 people in 274 households (Census 2011) in Silao block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 29th-largest of 49 villages in Silao block. Literacy is 47%, 5 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 977 women per 1,000 men. It lies 25 km from the Nalanda district centre, 11 km from Chainpur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Lakhminia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 803117, served by Silao post office; the LGD village code is 245106. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre. The sarpanch is RITA DEVI URAF SARITA DEVI, and the village votes in Sahebpur Kamal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sattanand Sambuddha Alias Lalan Jee. The population is estimated at 1,620 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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