Balua observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Balua is a village in Sidhaw mandal, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, with a population of 4,964 across 790 households. The literacy rate is 43.4%, and the village is positioned at coordinates 26.377°N, 85.393°E.
By population, Balua ranks #8 of 175 villages in Sidhaw mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balua is a village of 4,964 people in 790 households (Census 2011) in Sidhaw block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 8th-largest of 175 villages in Sidhaw block. Literacy is 43%, 1 points above the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 52 km from the Pashchim Champaran district centre, 0 km from Balua, the nearest town, 13 km from Runni Saidpur Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845105, served by Naraipur post office; the LGD village code is 216035. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sadar Hospital, Sheohar, 18 km away. The sarpanch is HARENDRA PRASAD, and the village votes in Pipra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyambabu Prasad Yadav. The population is estimated at 5,853 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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