Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India

🇮🇳 Ballia is a city with a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The eastern boundary of the city lies at the junction of two major rivers, the Ganges and the Ghaghara.The city is situated 140 km (87 mi) 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 4 km (2.5 mi) away from Bihar.Ballia is also known for their freedom fighters.This is very poppular amongst people because of famous personalities like "Ex Prime Minister Shri Chandrasekhar ji and Chittu Pandey ji.

Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ballia district is a part of Azamgarh division situated in the east of Uttar Pradesh. The main economic activity is agriculture. City is the district headquarters and commercial market of this district. There are six tehsils in this district: Ballia, Bansdih, Rasra, Bairia, Sikandarpur and Belthara. Rasra is the second major commercial area of the district, having a government sugar mill and a cotton weaving industry. Though Ballia's core occupation is agriculture there are some additional small industries. Maniar is known for its bindi industry and is a major supplier.

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 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, on the north by Deoria, on the north-east and south-east by Bihar and on the south-west by Ghazipur. Ballia is among the least forest covered districts in India.According to Census 2011 data of India, there are 2361 villages in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh, India. These villages are located in the Bairia, Ballia, Bansdih, Belthara Road, Rasra and Sikanderpur Tehsils. And Ballia has many famous villages/area like Nawanagar, Husenpur, Jajoli, Rasra, maldah etc.Some famous teachers of this place as follow Shri K.P Singh(village hadsar), Shri Dewnath Singh(village husenpur), Shri Bhuwal Singh(village Chandi), Shri Heeralal Gupta(village Nawanagar), Late Shri Abhay Shankar singh(village Husenpur), Shri Parasnath Verma(village kathaura).They all worked very well for education.They all belong to "Janta Inter College,Nawanagar,Ballia". And This school was inaugurated by "Ex Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar ji". Ballia is also known for their "Dadri Mela" which is a fair along with cattle fair. This mela is organised in memory of "Bhirgunath Baba".

Transport Ballia railway station caters to many trains daily including 2 Rajdhani Expresses. 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 UPSRTC is the primary road transport media.

Dadri Mela (fair) Dadri Mela is the second largest cattle fair of India, which is held 5 km (3.1 mi) from Ballia, near NH 31 and 3 km (1.9 mi) from the bus station of Ballia city. 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.

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.

Tourist Industry There are a number of tourist attractions in Ballia, which include: • Surha Tal Bird Sanctuary.

Universities and colleges The Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia is a state university established in 2016 by Government of Uttar Pradesh in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.

It is an affiliating University and university began its first season in 2016–17 with 122 colleges of Ballia. These 122 colleges of Ballia were formerly affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi. For the academic year 2016–17 exams were conducted by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi but students were awarded a degree of Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia.