Bala Bhitha observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Assam.
By population, Bala Bhitha ranks #2 of 95 villages in Barnagar (Pt) mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bala Bhitha is a village of 6,862 people in 1,318 households (Census 2011) in Barnagar (Pt) block, Barpeta district, Assam, the 2nd-largest of 95 villages in Barnagar (Pt) block. Literacy is 43%, 13 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 781315, served by Barpeta Road post office; the LGD village code is 282656. The sarpanch is RITA DAS, and the village votes in Patacharkuchi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ranjeet Kumar Dass. The population is estimated at 8,090 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Balabhita →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Barnagar (Pt) mandal
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