Balua is a village in Guthani mandal, Siwan district, Bihar. With a population of 4,001 across 682 households, it has a literacy rate of 58.9%.
By population, Balua ranks #4 of 105 villages in Guthani mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balua is a village of 4,001 people in 682 households (Census 2011) in Guthani block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 4th-largest of 105 villages in Guthani block. Literacy is 59%, about the same as the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 973 women per 1,000 men. It lies 44 km from the Siwan district centre, 0 km from Balua, the nearest town, 13 km from Runni Saidpur Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 841435, served by Guthni post office; the LGD village code is 232256. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Sheohar, 18 km away. The sarpanch is SHREE NIWAS GUPTA, and the village votes in Barhara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghvendra Pratap Singh. The population is estimated at 4,717 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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