About Balia Village

Balia is a mid sized village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,030, made up of 558 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83 hectares hectares.

Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Dumaria
Area (hectares)	83 hectares
Population	1,030
Male Population	558
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balia compares

By the 2011 count Balia is the 43rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,161 residents. Its 83 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Balia

Balia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balia from other places

Balia lies about 78 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kajrat Nawadih, about 36 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balia
Tehsil headquarters	Dumaria	4.5 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	31 km
Nearest railway station	Kajrat Nawadih	36 km
District headquarters	Gaya	78 km

Villages closest to Balia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumaria tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Balia

As per the Census of India 2011, Balia village had a population of 1,030. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,161 residents.

Balia village has 558 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Balia covers 83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balia falls under Dumaria tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balia is Kajrat Nawadih, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balia.

Balia is about 78 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia is in Dumaria tehsil of Gaya district. Dumaria is about 4.5 km away. Nabīnagar is about 31 km away. Kajrat Nawadih is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.