About Rahat Balia Village

Rahat Balia is a mid sized village in Amour tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,539, made up of 809 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854327, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rahat Balia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rahat Balia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Amour
Pincode	854327
Area (hectares)	234 hectares
Population	1,539
Male Population	809
Female Population	730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
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 Rahat Balia compares

By the 2011 count Rahat Balia is the 74th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Rahat Balia

Rahat Balia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rahat Balia 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 Rahat Balia from other places

Rahat Balia lies about 49 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 2.7 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 Rahat Balia
Nearest railway station	Hatwar	2.7 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amour	17 km
District headquarters	Purnia	49 km

Villages closest to Rahat Balia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amour 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 Rahat Balia

As per the Census of India 2011, Rahat Balia village had a population of 1,539. That makes it the 74th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,941 residents.

Rahat Balia village has 809 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rahat Balia has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Rahat Balia is 854327. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rahat Balia covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rahat Balia falls under Amour tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rahat Balia is Hatwar, about 2.7 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 Rahat Balia.

Rahat Balia is about 49 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rahat Balia is in Amour tehsil of Purnia district. Hatwar is about 2.7 km away. Kishanganj is about 11 km away. Amour is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.