Balia observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Balia is a village in Baisi mandal, Purnia district, Bihar state, with a population of 1,375 distributed among 239 households. The village has a literacy rate of 36.8% and postal code 854315.
By population, Balia ranks #62 of 130 villages in Baisi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balia is a village of 1,375 people in 239 households (Census 2011) in Baisi block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 62nd-largest of 130 villages in Baisi block. Literacy is 37%, 4 points above the block average of 32% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 80 km from the Purnia district centre, 2 km from Semaria, the nearest town, 1 km from Garh Banaili railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854315, served by Baisi post office; the LGD village code is 224071. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment hospital,Kasba, 4 km away. The sarpanch is PAKEEZA PARWEEN, and the village votes in Kasba assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nitesh Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,621 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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