By population, Balua ranks #3 of 107 villages in Palasi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balua is a village of 12,456 people in 2,577 households (Census 2011) in Palasi block, Araria district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 107 villages in Palasi block. Literacy is 49%, 7 points above the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 905 women per 1,000 men. It lies 150 km from the Araria district centre, 9 km from Athri, the nearest town, 13 km from Runni Saidpur Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854333, served by Madanpur (Araria) post office; the LGD village code is 222007. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Sheohar, 18 km away. The sarpanch is NEHA DEVI, and the village votes in Mahishi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gautam Krishna. The population is estimated at 14,686 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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.
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