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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONI KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 348985
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population
- 558
- Households
- 100
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Sex ratio
- 979 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 194
- Distance to district centre
- 162 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 151 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 278 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 292 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ekchari · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Arya Nursing Home · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balia compares
By population, Balia ranks #43 of 159 villages in Itkhori mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.2%
+4.4% vs mandal average
Balia60.2%
Itkhori mandal55.8%
Chatra district48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
979
Same as the mandal average
Balia979
Itkhori mandal979
Household size
people per home
5.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
Balia5.6
Itkhori mandal6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balia at a glance
Balia is a village of 558 people in 100 households (Census 2011) in Itkhori block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 43rd-largest of 159 villages in Itkhori block. Literacy is 60%, 4 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 979 women per 1,000 men. It lies 162 km from the Chatra district centre, 18 km from Milki, the nearest town, 25 km from Ekchari railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825408, served by Itkhori post office; the LGD village code is 348985. The nearest hospital or health centre is Arya Nursing Home, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SONI KUMARI. The population is estimated at 658 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- DHUNA
- Total area (ha)
- 48
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balia
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Key facts — Balia
- LGD code
- 348985
- Pincode
- 825408
- Post office
- Itkhori
- Population (Census 2011)
- 558
- Population (projected 2026)
- 658
- Households
- 100
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 979
- Literacy rate
- 60.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.02725°N, 87.33136°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Itkhori
Getting there
How to reach Balia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi278 kmcapital
- Kolkata292 km
- Delhi1080 km
- Hyderabad1249 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEkchari25 km
- Hospital / PHCArya Nursing Home<1 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur39 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station41 km
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- 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
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