Balchanwan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Balchanwan ranks #60 of 100 villages in Bikramganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balchanwan is a village of 547 people in 75 households (Census 2011) in Bikramganj block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 60th-largest of 100 villages in Bikramganj block. Literacy is 51%, 11 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 919 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802212, served by Bikramganj post office; the LGD village code is 251236. The sarpanch is VINAY PRAKASH CHOUDHARY, and the village votes in Jahanabad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rahul Sharma. The population is estimated at 645 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Ghusiya Khurd →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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