About Balia Village

Balia is a mid sized village in Sangrampur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,842, made up of 974 males and 868 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares.

Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Sangrampur
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	1,842
Male Population	974
Female Population	868
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Balia compares

By the 2011 count Balia is the 19th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,534 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 882.

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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balia from other places

Balia lies about 104 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Mehnar Road, about 2.3 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
Nearest railway station	Mehnar Road	2.3 km
Nearest town	Mahnar Bazar	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sangrampur	28 km
District headquarters	Munger	104 km

Villages closest to Balia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sangrampur 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 1,842. That makes it the 19th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,534 residents.

Balia village has 974 males and 868 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 882.

Balia covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balia falls under Sangrampur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balia is Mehnar Road, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 104 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia is in Sangrampur tehsil of Munger district. Mehnar Road is about 2.3 km away. Mahnar Bazar is about 3.6 km away. Sangrampur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.