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{{Short description|City in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{For|the genus of algae|Ballia (alga)}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 277001
| area_code = 05498
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| registration_plate = UP-60
| website = {{URL|ballia.nic.in}}
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'''Ballia''' is a city with a [[municipal board]] in the Indian [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The eastern boundary of the city lies at the junction of two major rivers, the [[Ganges River|Ganges]] and the [[Ghaghara River|Ghaghara]].The city is situated {{convert|140|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Varanasi]] and about 380 km from the state capital [[Lucknow]]. It has a protected area, the [[Jai Prakash Narayan]] bird sanctuary. Ballia is also around {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} away from [[Bihar]].

==Etymology==
According to locals, the name Ballia was derived from the name of the sage [[Valmiki]], the author of [[Ramayana]]. Valmiki resided here at one point, and the place was commemorated by a shrine (although it has long since been washed away). Another belief about the origin of the name is that it refers to the [[sand]]y quality of the soil, locally known as "Ballua" (''balu'' meaning sand).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballia.nic.in/|title=District Profile|access-date=26 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080242/http://ballia.nic.in/profile.htm|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Ballia district is the easternmost part of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state and borders on [[Bihar]] State. It comprises an irregularly shaped tract extending westward from the confluence of the [[Ganga]] and the [[Ghaghra]], the former separating it from Bihar in the south and the latter from [[Deoria district|Deoria]] and Bihar in the north and east respectively. The boundary between Ballia and Bihar is determined by the deep streams of these two rivers. It is bounded on the west by [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]], on the north by Deoria, on the north-east and south-east by Bihar and on the south-west by [[Ghazipur]]. The district lies between the parallels of 25º33' and 26º11' North latitudes and 83º38' and 84º39' East longitudes. Ballia is among the least forest covered districts in [[India]]

== Climate ==
{{Weather box
| location = Ballia (1981–2010, extremes 1956–2012)
| metric first = yes
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| Jan record high C = 29.0
| Feb record high C = 35.9
| Mar record high C = 42.1
| Apr record high C = 46.5
| May record high C = 48.0
| Jun record high C = 47.5
| Jul record high C = 43.0
| Aug record high C = 39.4
| Sep record high C = 37.9
| Oct record high C = 38.1
| Nov record high C = 36.4
| Dec record high C = 34.0
|year record high C = 48.0
| Jan high C = 20.5
| Feb high C = 25.3
| Mar high C = 31.5
| Apr high C = 37.0
| May high C = 38.5
| Jun high C = 36.6
| Jul high C = 33.3
| Aug high C = 33.0
| Sep high C = 32.5
| Oct high C = 31.6
| Nov high C = 28.6
| Dec high C = 23.5
|year high C = 31.0
| Jan low C = 7.1
| Feb low C = 10.3
| Mar low C = 15.2
| Apr low C = 20.8
| May low C = 24.6
| Jun low C = 26.0
| Jul low C = 25.6
| Aug low C = 25.6
| Sep low C = 24.9
| Oct low C = 21.2
| Nov low C = 14.9
| Dec low C = 9.1
|year low C = 18.8
| Jan record low C = 1.0
| Feb record low C = 0.0
| Mar record low C = 5.0
| Apr record low C = 10.8
| May record low C = 15.7
| Jun record low C = 16.3
| Jul record low C = 16.4
| Aug record low C = 17.6
| Sep record low C = 17.0
| Oct record low C = 10.4
| Nov record low C = 5.8
| Dec record low C = 1.4
|year record low C = 0.0
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 4.8
| Feb rain mm = 7.3
| Mar rain mm = 1.0
| Apr rain mm = 6.8
| May rain mm = 18.1
| Jun rain mm = 93.8
| Jul rain mm = 184.2
| Aug rain mm = 178.9
| Sep rain mm = 149.8
| Oct rain mm = 31.8
| Nov rain mm = 6.2
| Dec rain mm = 1.7
|year rain mm = 684.3
| Jan rain days = 0.6
| Feb rain days = 0.6
| Mar rain days = 0.2
| Apr rain days = 0.6
| May rain days = 1.3
| Jun rain days = 3.9
| Jul rain days = 8.4
| Aug rain days = 7.7
| Sep rain days = 5.8
| Oct rain days = 1.0
| Nov rain days = 0.5
| Dec rain days = 0.2
|year rain days = 30.7
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 71
| Feb humidity = 64
| Mar humidity = 54
| Apr humidity = 42
| May humidity = 48
| Jun humidity = 61
| Jul humidity = 77
| Aug humidity = 80
| Sep humidity = 80
| Oct humidity = 74
| Nov humidity = 68
| Dec humidity = 73
|year humidity = 66
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Ballia Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 73–74
| access-date = 6 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M212
| access-date = 6 May 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{see also|List of cities in Uttar Pradesh}}

In 1901, Ballia had a population of 15,278.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Ballia|volume=3|page=270}}</ref> According to the 2001 Indian census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Ballia had a population of 102,226. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Ballia had an average literacy rate of 65%, which was higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 58% of the males and 42% of females being literate. 11% of the population was under six years of age.

As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Ballia had a total population of 104,424, of which 55,459 were males and 48,965 were females with a sex ratio of 883 females per 1000 males. The population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 11,623. The total number of literates in Ballia was 77,331, which constituted 74.1% of the population with male literacy of 78.0% and female literacy of 69.5%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Ballia was 83.3%, of which male literacy rate was 88.0% and female literacy rate was 78.0%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 8,703 and 3,942 respectively. Ballia had 15772 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Ballia |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=226029 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
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Hinduism is major religion in Ballia city, with 92,299 [[Hindus]] (88.39%), followed by 10,851 [[Muslims]] (10.39%) and 1.22% following other religions, includes [[Sikhs]] (0.23%), [[Christians]] (0.13%), Buddhists (0.04%), Jains (0.01%) and not stated (0.81%).<ref name="Census_religion">{{cite web |title=C-01: Population by religious community - Ballia, Uttar Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11394/download/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>

==Culture/Cityscape==
=== Dadri Mela (fair) ===
Dadri Mela is the second largest cattle fair of India, which is held {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} from Ballia , near [[National Highway 31 (India)|NH 31]] and {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} from the [[bus station]] of Ballia city.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} The fair starts with people taking a holy dip in the river [[Ganges]] on the full moon of [[Kartik Poornima]] (October–November). This fair is held annually in the honour of [[Dardar Muni]], the disciple of Maharishi [[Bhrigu]].<ref name=dadri1>{{cite web|url=http://www.aryabhatt.com/fast_fair_festival/fairs/dadri_mela_uttarpradesh.htm|title=Dadri Mela, Uttar Pradesh}}</ref><ref name=dadri2>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoparoundindia.com/uttar-pradesh/ballia-attractions/dadri-fair-or-dadri-mela.aspx|title=Dadri Mela, Ballia}}</ref>

This one-month-long fair is organised in two phases. The first phase starts ten days before the onset of Kartik Poornima, during which traders bring some excellent breeds of cattle from across India for sale/purchase. On or after Kartik Poornima, various cultural programs are organised and one can find here a large number of makeshift shops of various items during the next [[fortnight]].<ref name=dadri1/><ref name=dadri2/>

== Transportation ==
[[Ballia railway station]] caters to many trains daily including 2 [[Rajdhani Express]]es. Train connectivity to major cities of India like [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Kolkata]] as well as to [[Lucknow]], [[Kanpur]], [[Aligarh]], [[Agra]], [[Varanasi]] and [[Allahabad]] via many trains is available.

Ballia is well connected to the state capital [[Lucknow]] and the cities of [[Varanasi]], [[Gorakhpur]], [[Kanpur]], [[Agra]], [[Varanasi]] and [[Allahabad]] by road. The state bus corporation [[Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation|UPSRTC]] is the primary road transport media.

==Education==
===Universities and colleges===
The [[Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia]] is a [[State university (India)|state university]] established in 2016 by [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] in Ballia, [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://upgovernor.nic.in/upgovernor.gov.in/listvniv_E.html |title=Raj Bhavan Uttar Pradesh- List of State Universities |work=upgovernor.nic.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407113245/http://upgovernor.nic.in/upgovernor.gov.in/listvniv_E.html |archive-date=7 April 2018 |publisher=Raj Bhavan Uttar Pradesh |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="inextlive.jagran.com">{{cite news |title=विद्यापीठ से अलग होंगे बलिया के 122 कॉलेज |url=https://www.inextlive.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/balia-colleges-affiliation-disconnct-kvp-146253 |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=inextlive |date=24 December 2016 |language=hi}}</ref>

It is an affiliating University and university began its first season in 2016–17 with 122 colleges of [[Ballia district|Ballia]]. These 122 colleges of [[Ballia district|Ballia]] were formerly affiliated to [[Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith|Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=बलिया के 122 कालेज अलग होने से विद्यापीठ को करोड़ों का घाटा |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-15703026.html |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=Dainik Jagran |date=19 March 2017 |language=hi}}</ref> For the academic year 2016–17 exams were conducted by [[Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith|Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi]] but students were awarded a degree of [[Jananayak Chandrashekhar University|Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=काशी विद्यापीठ कराएगा परीक्षा लेकिन डिग्री देगा बलिया विवि,क्यों? |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/kashi-vidyapith-will-conduct-exam-but-degree-given-by-ballia-university |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=Amar Ujala |date=7 March 2017 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=विद्यापीठ ही कराएगा बलिया के 122 कालेजों की परीक्षा |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-15546237.html |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=Dainik Jagran |date=18 February 2017 |language=hi}}</ref>

===Schools===
*[[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ballia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ballia, Ballia: Admission, Fee, Facilities, Affiliation |url=https://school.careers360.com/schools/jawahar-navodaya-vidyalaya-sinhachaur-ballia |website=school.careers360.com |access-date=21 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kendriya Vidyalaya, Ballia]]

==Notable people==
{{further|List of people from Ballia}}


==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{EB1911 poster|Ballia}}
* [http://ballia.nic.in/ Official Website of the Ballia district]

{{Ballia district}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Ballia district]]
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