Balia observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Odisha.
By population, Balia ranks #97 of 133 villages in Salepur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balia is a village of 630 people in 149 households (Census 2011) in Salepur block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 97th-largest of 133 villages in Salepur block. Literacy is 74%, 2 points below the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,136 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754202, served by Salipur post office; the LGD village code is 399681. The sarpanch is Priyadarshini Mallick, and the village votes in Hindol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Simarani Nayak. The population is estimated at 743 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Naiguan →
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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