Balua is a village in Arrah mandal, Bhojpur district, Bihar, with a population of 2,457 in 308 households and a literacy rate of 54%. Located at 26.377°N, 85.393°E, its PIN code is 802312.
By population, Balua ranks #32 of 115 villages in Arrah mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balua is a village of 2,457 people in 308 households (Census 2011) in Arrah block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 32nd-largest of 115 villages in Arrah block. Literacy is 54%, 4 points below the block average of 58% and the sex ratio is 899 women per 1,000 men. It lies 92 km from the Bhojpur district centre, 0 km from Balua, the nearest town, 13 km from Runni Saidpur Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802312, served by Chandawa post office; the LGD village code is 246754. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Sheohar, 18 km away. The sarpanch is MADHU KUMARI, and the village votes in Warisnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjarik Mrinal. The population is estimated at 2,897 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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