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Encyclopedia > Ballia
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Uttar Pradesh • India
Map indicating the location of Ballia
 Ballia 
Coordinates: 28°12′N 79°22′E / 28.2, 79.37
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
Elevation

• 159 m (522 ft)
District(s) Ballia
Population 102,226 (2001)

Coordinates: 28°12′N 79°22′E / 28.2, 79.37 Ballia is a city and a municipal board in Ballia district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on the Ganges river; it is the district headquarters of Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. , Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), often referred to as U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Location of Mirzapur and the 82. ... The geography of India is extremely diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, rainforests, hills and plateaus. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The divisions of a district. ... Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ... , Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), often referred to as U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... Early morning on the Ganges The River Ganges (Ganga in Indian languages) (Devanagiri गंगा) is a major river in northern India. ... Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. ... , Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), often referred to as U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ...


The langage mostly spoken in Ballia is Bhojpuri, a dialect of Hindi. Two main rivers – the Ganges and the Ghaghara – meet on the city's eastern boundary. An annual fair, the Dadari-Mela, is celebrated on a fairground at this river junction. Bhojpuri is a popular regional language spoken in northeastern India in the western part of state of Bihar, the northwestern part of Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, as well as an adjoining area of southern plains of Nepal. ... Hindi (Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the official languages of the Union government of India. ... This article is about the river. ... Ghaghara also called the Gogra, is a river in Northern India, one of the largest affluents of the Ganges. ...


Ballia is the birth place of Mangal Pandey. Former Prime minister of India Shree Chandashekhar also belongs to Ballia. Mangal Pandey (c. ...


Geography

Ballia is located at 28.2° N 79.37° E.[1] It has an average elevation of 159 metres (521 ft). The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ...


At the 2001 Indian census,GRIndia Ballia had a population of 102,226. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. It had an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 11% of the population wass under six years of age. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...


References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ballia
 jab pata nahi hai ki ballia kaha hain to kyon dikha rahe ho 

External links

  • Official Website

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Ballia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (248 words)
The town acts as the district headquarters of Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
The language mostly spoken in Ballia is Bhojpuri, a dialect of Hindi.
Ballia was the first city to achieve independence in the year 1942 under the leadership of Chittu Pandey.
Ballia - LoveToKnow 1911 (162 words)
BALLIA, a town and district of British India, in the Benares division of the United Provinces.
The town is situated on the left bank of the Ganges, below the confluence of the lesser Sarju.
The district of Ballia, constituted in 1879, occupies an angle at the junction of the Gogra with the Ganges, being bordered by two districts of Behar.
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