About Balua Village

Balua is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 288 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845455, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Gaunaha
Pincode	845455
Area (hectares)	107.3 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	288
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balua compares

By the 2011 count Balua is the 104th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 107.3 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Balua

Balua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balua 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 Balua from other places

Balua lies about 27 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Amolwa, about 3.2 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 Balua
Tehsil headquarters	Gaunaha	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Amolwa	3.2 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	27 km

Villages closest to Balua

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 Balua

As per the Census of India 2011, Balua village had a population of 533. That makes it the 104th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Balua village has 288 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balua has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Balua is 845455. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balua covers 107.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balua is Amolwa, about 3.2 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 Balua.

Balua is about 27 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balua is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about under 2 km away. Amolwa is about 3.2 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.