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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 357455
- Pincode
- 814153
- Post office
- Poraiyahat
- Population
- 492
- Households
- 96
- Literacy rate
- 32.3%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 270
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Balua ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Balua ranks #115 of 211 villages in Poreyahat mandal.
Literacy rate
%
32.3%
−14.5% vs mandal average
- Balua
- 32.3%
- Poreyahat mandal
- 46.8%
- Godda district
- 46.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
−5 vs mandal average
- Balua
- 952
- Poreyahat mandal
- 957
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Balua
- 5.1
- Poreyahat mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balua ఒక్క చూపులో
Balua జార్ఖండ్లోని గొడ్డా జిల్లా, Poreyahat బ్లాక్లో 492 జనాభా 96 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Poreyahat బ్లాక్లోని 211 గ్రామాలలో 115వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 32%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 47% కంటే 15 పాయింట్లు తక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 952 మహిళలు. పిన్కోడ్ 814153, Poraiyahat పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 357455. సర్పంచ్ sushil rajak. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 580, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
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సమీప గ్రామాల పోలిక
పక్కపక్కన పోల్చండి →| గ్రామం | జనాభా | అక్షరాస్యత | దూరం |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balua · ఈ గ్రామం | 492 | 32% | — |
| Asarimadhuri · Poreyahat | 2,550 | 62% | — |
| Mohani · Poreyahat | 1,861 | 46% | — |
| Ghanshampur · Poreyahat | 841 | 40% | — |
| Teliyatikar · Poreyahat | 482 | 65% | — |
| Sasankita · Poreyahat | 0 | — | — |
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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
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GODDA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- ASARIMADHURI
- Total area (ha)
- 131
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 52.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balua
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Balua
- LGD code
- 357455
- Pincode
- 814153
- Post office
- Poraiyahat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 492
- Population (projected 2026)
- 580
- Households
- 96
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 32.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jama
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- sushil rajak
- Block / Mandal
- Poreyahat
- Nearest railway station
- Panjwara Road (46.9 km)
అదే పిన్కోడ్
Villages sharing pincode 814153
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)