Bhalua observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Bhalua is a village in Ariari mandal, Sheikhpura district, Bihar. It has a population of 311 across 56 households with a literacy rate of 41.2%. The village is located at coordinates 25.199°N, 87.459°E.
By population, Bhalua ranks #56 of 68 villages in Ariari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhalua is a village of 311 people in 56 households (Census 2011) in Ariari block, Sheikhpura district, Bihar, the 56th-largest of 68 villages in Ariari block. Literacy is 41%, 5 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. It lies 131 km from the Sheikhpura district centre, 6 km from Karma, the nearest town, 8 km from Mirza Cheuki Railway Station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 811105, served by Sheikhpura (Sheikhpura) post office; the LGD village code is 244077. The nearest hospital or health centre is B R Clinic, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Shabana Ali, and the village votes in Tarapur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Samrat Choudhary. The population is estimated at 367 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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