About Balia Village

Balia is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 906, made up of 477 males and 429 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.4 hectares hectares.

Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Gaunaha
Area (hectares)	128.4 hectares
Population	906
Male Population	477
Female Population	429
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balia compares

By the 2011 count Balia is the 73rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 128.4 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 25 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Amolwa, about 3.9 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	Gaunaha	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Amolwa	3.9 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	12 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	25 km

Villages closest to Balia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaunaha 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 906. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Balia village has 477 males and 429 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balia has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 925.

Balia covers 128.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balia falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balia is Amolwa, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Balia is about 25 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balia is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 3.1 km away. Amolwa is about 3.9 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.