Balia, Arsha

Balia is a village located in the Arsha Subdivision of Purulia district of West Bengal. The village falls in Arsha block and comes under Mankiary Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Purulia parliament constituency and Joypur assembly constituency.

As on January 2025, the current population of Balia is 2.8 thousands out of which 1.4 thousands are males and rest 1.4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1020 females per 1000 males. There are around 443 teenagers in Balia. It has literacy rate of 46% which means around 1.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 279 people belonging to scheduled caste and 83 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 531 households in Balia, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 1.5 thousands. The pincode of Balia is 723201 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Garjaipur Sub Post office
• Barabendya Branch Post office
• Durma Branch Post office
• Hatimuri Branch Post office
• Pipratard Branch Post office

Schools

Balia has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Manipur S.V. High School.
• R.B.B. High ( High School) School
• Arsha High School (High School)
• Swami Shraddhananda Vidyapith
• Boram High School (High School)

Hospitals

Balia has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Srirampur Sub-Center
• Durma Sub-Center
• Chapaitarh Sub-Center
• Kadampur Sub-Center
• Joypur New Sub-Center

Banks

Balia has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Indian Bank Sidhi W B
• State Bank of India Baram
• State Bank of India Gor Joypur