About Balia Village

Balia is a large village in Kochadhamin tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,874, made up of 2,055 males and 1,819 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Kochadhamin
Pincode	855115
Area (hectares)	262.11 hectares
Population	3,874
Male Population	2,055
Female Population	1,819
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balia compares

By the 2011 count Balia is the 14th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents. Its 262.11 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Balia

Balia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 26 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 23 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	Kochadhamin	7.0 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	17 km
Nearest railway station	Hatwar	23 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	26 km

Villages closest to Balia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kochadhamin 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 3,874. That makes it the 14th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents.

Balia village has 2,055 males and 1,819 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Balia is 855115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balia covers 262.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balia falls under Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balia is Hatwar, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Balia.

Balia is about 26 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia is in Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district. Kochadhamin is about 7.0 km away. Bahādurganj is about 17 km away. Hatwar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.