About Balwa Village

Balwa is a large village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,329, made up of 1,732 males and 1,597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Balwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Chakia
Pincode	845416
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	3,329
Male Population	1,732
Female Population	1,597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
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 Balwa compares

By the 2011 count Balwa is the 21st largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,550 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Balwa

Balwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balwa 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. The nearest villages by name are Amwa, Arazi Nankar Urf Narkatiya, Bairiya and Baisaha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Balwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Balwa village had a population of 3,329. That makes it the 21st largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,550 residents.

Balwa village has 1,732 males and 1,597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balwa has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Balwa is 845416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Balwa covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balwa falls under Chakia tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The census record for Balwa notes the nearest railway station 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 Balwa.

Balwa is in Chakia tehsil of Purba Champaran district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.