Bahorwa or Banspar Bahorwa is a village situated in the
Belthara Road
Belthara Road is a Nagar Panchayat city with a railway station in the north-western corner of Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Belthara Road is the sub-district headquarters. District headquarters of the city is Ballia which is 60& ...
tehsil, district
Ballia, and division
Azamgarh
Azamgarh is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Azamgarh division, which consists of Ballia, Mau and Azamgarh districts. Azamgarh is situated on the bank of Tamsa River (Tons). It is located east of the st ...
,
Uttar Pradesh
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India
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.
Demographics
Bahorwa village has a population of 690, of which 335 are males and 355 are females as noted in the 2011 Population Census; children ages 0–6 are 110 which is 15.94% of the total population. The literacy rate of Bahorwa village was 83.62% compared to 67.68% of Uttar Pradesh.
As per the constitution of India and the Panchayati Raj Act, people have local self-government at the level of
Gram panchayat
Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...
with a
Sarpanch
A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...
who is elected every five years by the village people.
Geography
Bahorwa is located 63 km south of the district town
Ballia. The nearest airport is Varanasi Airport which is 124 km from the village. The nearest Railway station, Belthara Road, lies about 1 km away toward the south and the
Ghaghra
Ghaghra is a census town in the Ghaghra CD block in the Gumla subdivision of the Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Ghaghra is located at
Area overview
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river bank is 1 km away toward the north-east. The nearby Bilthra Road Bus stand commonly serves the local Boharwa passengers.
Education
Some members of
Iraqi Biradari, a Muslim community living in Bahorwa, more than one hundred years ago, laid the foundation of a college that progressed afterward as Gandhi Mohammad Ali Memorial Inter College at the nearby tehsil Belthara Road.
In addition, a school for girls is present at the village.
[ retrieved 2 December 2023]
References
Villages in Ballia district
Cities and towns in Ballia district
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