About Balua Village

Balua is a small village in Narkatiaganj tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 326, made up of 174 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.4 hectares hectares.

Balua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Narkatiaganj
Area (hectares)	138.4 hectares
Population	326
Male Population	174
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balua compares

By the 2011 count Balua is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents. Its 138.4 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 916.

Getting to Balua

Balua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balua 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 5 - 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 19 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chamua, about 3.3 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 Balua
Nearest railway station	Chamua	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narkatiaganj	6.8 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	6.8 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	19 km

Villages closest to Balua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Narkatiaganj 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 326. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,279 residents.

Balua village has 174 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balua has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Balua covers 138.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Balua is Chamua, about 3.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balua.

Balua is about 19 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 Narkatiaganj tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Chamua is about 3.3 km away. Narkatiaganj is about 6.8 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.