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Balwa is a village in Nautan mandal, Siwan district, Bihar. It has a population of 1,436 across 228 households with a literacy rate of 56.1%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AMIT SINGH
Contact: 92****0044
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- LGD code
- 231308
- Pincode
- 841243
- Post office
- Sahpur
- Population
- 1,436
- Households
- 228
- Literacy rate
- 56.1%
- Sex ratio
- 986 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 513
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Patna
- 91 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 519 km
- Nearest railway station
- Runni Saidpur Railway Station · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sadar Hospital, Sheohar · 18 km
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Balwa താരതമ്യം
By population, Balwa ranks #21 of 47 villages in Nautan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.1%
−1.3% vs mandal average
- Balwa
- 56.1%
- Nautan mandal
- 57.4%
- Siwan district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
986
+8 vs mandal average
- Balwa
- 986
- Nautan mandal
- 978
Household size
people per home
6.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Balwa
- 6.3
- Nautan mandal
- 6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balwa ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Balwa ബിഹാർയിലെ സിവാൻ ജില്ല, Nautan ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 1,436 പേർ 228 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Nautan ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 47 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ വലുപ്പത്തിൽ 21-ാമത്. സാക്ഷരത 56%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 57% നേക്കാൾ 1 പോയിന്റ് കുറവ് ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 986 സ്ത്രീകൾ. ഇത് സിവാൻ ജില്ലാ ആസ്ഥാനത്തു നിന്ന് 44 കി.മീ, അടുത്ത പട്ടണമായ Baluaൽ നിന്ന് 0 കി.മീ, Runni Saidpur Railway Station റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ നിന്ന് 13 കി.മീ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നു (നേർരേഖ ദൂരം). പിൻകോഡ് 841243, Sahpur പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 231308. ഏറ്റവും അടുത്ത ആശുപത്രി Sadar Hospital, Sheohar, 18 കി.മീ അകലെ. പ്രസിഡന്റ് AMIT SINGH; ഗ്രാമം Sheohar നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Shweta Gupta. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 1,693, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Khalawa →
സമീപ ഗ്രാമങ്ങളുടെ താരതമ്യം
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAIRWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Khalwa
- Total area (ha)
- 81
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 70.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Balwa
- LGD code
- 231308
- Pincode
- 841243
- Post office
- Sahpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,436
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,693
- Households
- 228
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 986
- Literacy rate
- 56.1%
- Coordinates
- 26.37684°N, 85.39338°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sheohar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sheohar
- Member of Parliament
- Lovely Anand
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shweta Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AMIT SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Nautan
എത്തിച്ചേരാൻ
Balwa എങ്ങനെ എത്താം
നഗരങ്ങളിലേക്കുള്ള ദൂരം · നേർരേഖ
- Patna91 kmcapital
- Kolkata519 km
- Delhi844 km
- Hyderabad1227 km
തരം അനുസരിച്ച് ഏറ്റവും അടുത്തത്
- Railway stationRunni Saidpur Railway Station13 km
- Hospital / PHCSadar Hospital, Sheohar18 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India26 km
- Petrol pumpJio BP21 km
- CollegeLS COLLEGE GROUND29 km
- Police stationAadarsh Nagar Thana28 km
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
Villages sharing pincode 841243
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Nautan മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
View all 46+ →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, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)