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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%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHREE NIWAS GUPTA
Contact: 97****3557
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- LGD code
- 232256
- Pincode
- 841435
- Post office
- Guthni
- Population
- 4,001
- Households
- 682
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Sex ratio
- 973 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,016
- Distance to district centre
- 44 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 109 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
जनगणना 2011 · तुलनेत
Balua ची तुलना
By population, Balua ranks #4 of 105 villages in Guthani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.9%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Balua
- 58.9%
- Guthani mandal
- 59.8%
- Siwan district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
973
−21 vs mandal average
- Balua
- 973
- Guthani mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
5.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Balua
- 5.9
- Guthani mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balua एका दृष्टिक्षेपात
Balua हे बिहारच्या शिवन जिल्ह्यातील Guthani ब्लॉकमधील 4,001 लोकसंख्येचे 682 कुटुंबांत (जनगणना 2011) गाव आहे, जे Guthani ब्लॉकमधील 105 गावांत 4वे मोठे आहे. साक्षरता 59% आहे, ब्लॉक सरासरी 60% च्या जवळपास आणि लिंग गुणोत्तर दर 1,000 पुरुषांमागे 973 स्त्रिया. हे शिवन जिल्हा केंद्रापासून 44 किमी, जवळचे शहर Baluaपासून 0 किमी, Runni Saidpur Railway Station रेल्वे स्थानकापासून 13 किमी आहे (सरळ रेषेतील अंतर). पिनकोड 841435 आहे, Guthni पोस्ट ऑफिसद्वारे; एलजीडी गाव कोड 232256 आहे. जवळचे रुग्णालय Sadar Hospital, Sheohar, 18 किमी अंतरावर. सरपंच SHREE NIWAS GUPTA आहेत; गाव Barhara विधानसभा मतदारसंघात येते, आमदार Raghvendra Pratap Singh. 2026 मध्ये अंदाजे लोकसंख्या 4,717, 2011 पेक्षा 18% जास्त.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balua
- 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)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MAIRWA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Balua
- Total area (ha)
- 146
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 83.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balua
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मुख्य माहिती — Balua
- LGD code
- 232256
- Pincode
- 841435
- Post office
- Guthni
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,001
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,717
- Households
- 682
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 973
- Literacy rate
- 58.9%
- Coordinates
- 26.37684°N, 85.39338°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barhara
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghvendra Pratap Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHREE NIWAS GUPTA
- Block / Mandal
- Guthani
- Nearest railway station
- Bakulha (106.6 km)
जाण्याचा मार्ग
Balua ला कसे जायचे
शहरांपासूनचे अंतर · सरळ रेषा
- Patna91 kmcapital
- Kolkata519 km
- Delhi844 km
- Hyderabad1227 km
प्रकारानुसार जवळचे · प्रदेशात कुठेही
- 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
तोच पिनकोड
Villages sharing pincode 841435
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Guthani मंडळ मधील इतर गावे
View all 60+ →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)