About Balua Village

Balua is a large village in Piprasi tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,581, made up of 2,429 males and 2,152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1905.7 hectares hectares.

Balua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Piprasi
Area (hectares)	1905.7 hectares
Population	4,581
Male Population	2,429
Female Population	2,152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Balua compares

Its 1905.7 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Balua

Balua is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Balua 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 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 63 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Ramkola, about 1.5 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	Ramkola	1.5 km
Nearest town	Padrauna	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Piprasi	26 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	63 km

Villages closest to Balua

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Piprasi 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 4,581.

Balua village has 2,429 males and 2,152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balua has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Balua covers 1905.7 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 Piprasi tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balua is Ramkola, about 1.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Balua.

Balua is about 63 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 Piprasi tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Ramkola is about 1.5 km away. Padrauna is about 14 km away. Piprasi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.