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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LILI
Contact: 97****5696
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- LGD code
- 223713
- Pincode
- 854315
- Post office
- Baisi
- Population
- 1,539
- Households
- 308
- Literacy rate
- 35.2%
- Sex ratio
- 902 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 427
Census 2011 · in context
How Rahat Balia compares
By population, Rahat Balia ranks #76 of 163 villages in Amour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
35.2%
−0.1% vs mandal average
Rahat Balia35.2%
Amour mandal35.3%
Purnia district40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
902
−15 vs mandal average
Rahat Balia902
Amour mandal917
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
Rahat Balia5.0
Amour mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rahat Balia at a glance
Rahat Balia is a village of 1,539 people in 308 households (Census 2011) in Amour block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 76th-largest of 163 villages in Amour block. Literacy is 35%, about the same as the block average of 35% and the sex ratio is 902 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854315, served by Baisi post office; the LGD village code is 223713. The sarpanch is LILI, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 1,814 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahat Balia · this village | 1,539 | 35% | — |
| Sahangaon · Amour | 3,779 | 40% | — |
| Talbari · Amour | 3,567 | 40% | — |
| Kaparia Bangaon · Amour | 2,110 | 47% | — |
| Simalbari Bhag Sahrulah · Amour | 2,062 | 28% | — |
| Simalbari Bhag Dhanuran · Amour | 1,278 | 37% | — |
| Batua · Amour | 1,193 | 40% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rahat Balia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- PURNIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 54
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 54
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Talbari
- Total area (ha)
- 234
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 68.28
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rahat Balia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rahat Balia
- LGD code
- 223713
- Pincode
- 854315
- Post office
- Baisi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,539
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,814
- Households
- 308
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 902
- Literacy rate
- 35.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LILI
- Block / Mandal
- Amour
Same pincode
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)