Lead story
28
September 2026
newsSTATE
Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
Reported by timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Babita Devi
Contact: 80****9806
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Balua Ghatti can update it.
- LGD code
- 225772
- Pincode
- 854113
- Post office
- Manihari
- Population
- 1,614
- Households
- 360
- Literacy rate
- 54.8%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 618
Census 2011 · in context
How Balua Ghatti compares
By population, Balua Ghatti ranks #28 of 52 villages in Amdabad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
54.8%
+19.3% vs mandal average
- Balua Ghatti
- 54.8%
- Amdabad mandal
- 35.5%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
Same as the mandal average
- Balua Ghatti
- 928
- Amdabad mandal
- 928
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Balua Ghatti
- 4.5
- Amdabad mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balua Ghatti at a glance
Balua Ghatti is a village of 1,614 people in 360 households (Census 2011) in Amdabad block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 28th-largest of 52 villages in Amdabad block. Literacy is 55%, 19 points above the block average of 36% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854113, served by Manihari post office; the LGD village code is 225772. The sarpanch is Babita Devi, and the village votes in Pranpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nisha Singh. The population is estimated at 1,903 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kishanpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balua Ghatti · this village | 1,614 | 55% | — |
| Kishunpur · Amdabad | 11,136 | 43% | — |
| Harnarainpur · Amdabad | 0 | — | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balua Ghatti
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 36
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KISHANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 304
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balua Ghatti
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balua Ghatti
- LGD code
- 225772
- Pincode
- 854113
- Post office
- Manihari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,614
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,903
- Households
- 360
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 54.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Katihar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pranpur
- Member of Parliament
- Tariq Anwar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nisha Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Babita Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Amdabad
- Nearest railway station
- Sonaili (11.0 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854113
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Balua Ghatti
Other villages in Amdabad mandal
View all 51+ →- Ahmadabad
- Karimullahpur
- Kishunpur
- Par Diara
- Bhawanipur
- Lakhanpur
- Durgapur Urf Lachhmipur
- Gobindpur
- Chaukia Paharpur
- Bairia
- Jangli Tal English
- Baida
- Balrampur
- Dilawarpur
- Belgachhi
- Gauripur
- Bhornathi
- Kali Nagar
- Rosnamal
- Kishunpur
- Bathna
- Dumaria
- Dakra English
- Dewa Lachhmipur
- Dilli Diwanganj
- Kebala Milik
- River Block
- Jamra
- Sakari Galiurf Kala Diara
- Jhula
- Chilhania
- Raghunathpur
- Paranpur
- Singhia
- Gadai Maharajpur
- Naya Tola
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)