Ballia
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  Ballia
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| State - District(s) |
Uttar Pradesh - Ballia |
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| Area - Elevation |
- 159 m |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2001) - Density |
102,226 - |
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.
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.
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Ballia is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 159 metres (521 ft).
At the 2001 Indian censusGRIndia, 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.
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