Balau observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Balau ranks #17 of 71 villages in Maharajganj mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balau is a village of 3,170 people in 673 households (Census 2011) in Maharajganj block, Siwan district, Bihar, the 17th-largest of 71 villages in Maharajganj block. Literacy is 63%, 7 points above the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,084 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841238, served by Mahrajganj (Siwan) post office; the LGD village code is 231852. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUNWAR, and the village votes in Raja Pakar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Ram. The population is estimated at 3,737 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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