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'{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Ballia|}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Ballia district | settlement_type = [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|District]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] | total_type = Total | native_name = | image_skyline = BalliaUp60.jpg | image_caption = Ballia railway station | image_map = India Uttar Pradesh districts 2012 Ballia.svg | map_caption = Location of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh | coordinates = {{coord|28.2|N|79.3667|E|type:adm3rd_source:itwiki|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = Ballia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|Division]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Azamgarh Division|Azamgarh]] | established_title = Established | established_date = | seat_type = Headquarters | seat = [[Ballia]] | parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]] | parts_style = para | p1 = {{ublist|[[Ballia]]|[[Bairia]]|[[Bansdih]]|[[Belthara Road]]|[[Rasra]]|[[Sikanderpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sikanderpur]]}} | area_total_km2 = 2,981 | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 3,239,774 | population_footnotes = | population_urban = 304109 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = [[Language]] | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=16 May 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> | demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official | demographics1_info2 = [[Urdu]]<ref name="langoff"/> | demographics1_title3 = Regional language | demographics1_info3 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] | demographics_type2 = Demographics | demographics2_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]] | demographics2_info1 = 73.82% | demographics2_title2 = Sex ratio | demographics2_info2 = 933 | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies | leader_name1 = [[Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ballia]], [[Salempur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salempur]] and [[Ghosi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ghosi]] | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +05:30 | registration_plate = | blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]] | blank_info_sec1 = [[Uttar Pradesh State Highway 1|UP SH 1]], [[Uttar Pradesh State Highway 1B|UP SH-1B]], [[National Highway 31 (India)|NH 31]], [[National highway 128B (India)|NH 128B][Ballia Greenfield expressway]] | blank_name_sec2 = Average annual precipitation | blank_info_sec2 = 1608.9 mm | website = {{URL|https://ballia.nic.in/}} }} '''Ballia district''' is one of the [[List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|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. It is the birthplace of former prime minister of India [[Chandra Shekhar|Chandra Sekhar Singh]] There are six [[tehsil]]s in this district: Ballia, [[Bansdih]], [[Rasra]], [[Bairia]], [[Sikanderpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sikandarpur]] and [[Belthara Road|Belthara]]. Rasra is the second major commercial area of the district, having a government [[sugar mill]] and a [[Cotton industry|cotton weaving]] industry. Though Ballia's core occupation is agriculture there are some additional small industries. Maniar is known for its [[Bindi (decoration)|bindi]] industry and is a major supplier. == History == Ballia district was established in 1879 out of [[Ghazipur district]] along with some parts of [[Azamgarh district]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1907">{{cite book |last1=Nevill |first1=H.R. |title=Ballia: A Gazetteer, Being Volume XXX Of The District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh |date=1907 |publisher=Government Press |location=Allahabad |pages=109–11 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47988 |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> Before being separated, Ballia tehsil had formed a subdivision of Ghazipur district, comprising the parganas of Ballia, Doaba, and Kharid.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> In addition, the new district included the parganas of [[Lakhnesar]] and [[Kopachit]] from Ghazipur district, as well as [[Bhadaon]] and [[Sikandarpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sikandarpur]] from Azamgarh district.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> These formed the tehsil of [[Rasra]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> Some administrative changes then took place in the following years.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> In April 1882, [[Bansdih]] tehsil was created out of Kharid pargana along with the new pargana of Sikandarpur East, which was formed out of 225 villages of Sikandarpur pargana.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> At the same time, 212 villages of Kopachit pargana were detached to form the new pargana of Kopachit East, which went into Ballia tehsil.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> Then in April 1883, tappa [[Dhaka]] of pargana [[Zahurabad]] was joined with Sikandarpur West, and in November 1884, 13 villages of Lakhnesar pargana that lay on the right bank of the [[Sarju]] were transferred back into Ghazipur district.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> Another major change happened in March 1892, when the parganas of [[Garha]] and [[Sarai Kota]], previously in [[Mohammadabad, Ghazipur|Muhammadabad]] tehsil of Ghazipur district, were moved into Ballia and placed in Ballia tehsil.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> Other more minor changes also took place due to the shifting course of the major rivers.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> For example, in June 1892, the village of [[Diara Khawaspur]] was transferred into Ballia district from [[Shahabad district]] because it had now come to be on the left bank of the [[Ganges]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> Then in January 1896, the four villages of [[Bijaura]], [[Sital Patti]], [[Sheopur]], and [[Bhelsipah]] were transferred into Ballia from Shahabad for the same reason.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> However, these changes had little impact on the local population because when the villages became flooded, residents generally retreated inland on the same side of the river, rather than crossing over into the new district.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> Until 1794, the area of modern Ballia district had formed part of [[Benares State]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> On 27 October of that year, Raja [[Mahip Narayan Singh]] signed a treaty to cede the territory to the British.<ref name="Gazetteer 1907"/> === Struggle for independence === In 1908, students at the government school in Ballia held a procession to celebrate the release of nationalist writer [[B.G. Tilak]] from prison.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986">{{cite book |last1=Mishra |first1=Parmanad |title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Ballia |date=1986 |publisher=Government Press |location=Rampur |pages=31–40, 47–9 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.2968 |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> When the students reached the [[kutchery]], the police made a [[lathi charge]] on them and many students were maimed.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> 25 students were expelled and many others quit in order to focus on political activities.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> When [[Mahatma Gandhi]] launched the [[non-cooperation movement]] in the early 1920s, the people in Ballia district responded enthusiastically.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> A volunteer force of 2,600 was raised in the district to help organise meetings and protests and conduct night patrols.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> The district also contributed a sum of 13,000 [[rupee]]s to the [[Tilak Memorial Swaraj Fund]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Stores selling alcohol were picketed, and many palm trees were cut down throughout the district (due to their being used to make [[arrack]]).<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Law courts and government offices were boycotted, and many students stopped attending school in order to take part in meetings and processions.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> British goods were also boycotted, and foreign goods were burnt in public: among the recorded incidents in Ballia district were one [[ganja]] seller in Rasra and a number of cloth merchants in Ballia who publicly burnt their wares in protest.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> On 4 April 1922 [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] spoke to a crowd of 3,000 people in Ballia.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Then, on 21 and 22 June, [[Motilal Nehru]] and [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]] also gave addresses at Rasra and Ballia, where they promoted [[Swadeshi movement|Swadeshi]] ideas including the revival of hand-spinning and hand-weaving, ending [[untouchability]] among Hindus, prohibition of alcohol, and Hindu-Muslim unity.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Their speeches received very positive receptions, and a national school was established at Bansdih while spinning wheels were distributed in rural parts of the district.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Jawaharlal Nehru returned to Ballia in 1923, where he gave a speech denouncing Gandhi's arrest and imprisonment.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> As a result, on 18 March (exactly one year after Gandhi's arrest), members of the district held a total [[hartal]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Gandhi himself later visited the district in 1925, where he thanked the district residents for their enthusiastic participation in the non-cooperation movement.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Later, in protest of the [[Simon Commission]] in 1928, all schools run by the Ballia district board were closed and a complete hartal observed.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> In early 1930, many Ballia district residents took part in the [[salt satyagraha]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Then, beginning on 12 April, salt was publicly manufactured in Ballia in violation of the British salt law.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> People in [[Reoti]], Rasra, and Bansdih later followed suit.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> ==== Quit India Movement ==== During the [[Quit India Movement]] of 1942, Ballia district saw much activity, leading to it gaining the nickname "Revolutionary Ballia".<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> On 19 August people raised the [[Flag of India|Indian tricolour]] at the [[Bairia]] police station, but the officers took it down.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> In protest, on the 18th, a crowd of some 25,000 people gathered and attempted to replace the flag.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> The police officers opened fire on the protestors, killing at least 20 and injuring about 100 more.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> This began around 14:00 and continued for about six hours.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> That night, however, the police evacuated the station, and it was occupied by the protestors the next morning.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> The violence against protestors at Bairia outraged locals, who took up arms in spite of the ideal of nonviolent resistance generally prevailing until then.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> A crowd of around 50,000 marched toward the district jail to free their compatriots whom the British had arrested.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> When the district magistrate (who was himself Indian) learned of this, he went to the imprisoned local leaders, including [[Chittu Pandey]] and Ramanant Pandey, and offered to release them provided they pacified the crowd.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> When they refused, the magistrate asked them to ensure that no harm was done to the treasury, jail, and government property.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> When they refused again, and the magistrate was left with no choice but to release them unconditionally and merely hope they would then leave the government property alone.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> After their release, the leaders held a massive town hall meeting, where Chittu Pandey urged the people "not to indulge in sabotage or similar activities."<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Many disregarded this, however, so outraged were they at the British police's violence, and went about looting houses of government officers along with those viewed as collaborators with the government, as well as shops selling liquor and foreign cloth.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> The district magistrate, now sure that the treasury would be raided, ordered the currency amounts to be noted and then the money itself burned.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> On 20 August the people of Ballia proclaimed independence from the British, declared itself part of the Congress raj, and set up a local governing body with Chittu Pandey at its head.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> However, British troops entered Ballia during the night of 22–23 August and deposed the local government.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> They arrested anyone who had taken part — or was suspected to have taken part — in the revolutionary activities, beat and tortured them, and burned down their houses.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Some were intentionally starved.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> In March 1944, [[Feroze Gandhi]] and a lawyer from [[Allahabad]] came by rail to give legal representation to the prisoners; their arrival was celebrated by a growing crowd that became a procession as they made their way to the Chowk.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Other lawyers then followed suit.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> In 1972, in honour of the anniversary of the independence of India, 616 people in Ballia district were recognized for their (or their family members') contributions during the struggle for independence with copper plate inscriptions.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> == Demography == {{historical populations|11=1901|12=9,42,234|13=1911|14=8,07,912|15=1921|16=7,93,759|17=1931|18=8,72,177|19=1941|20=10,07,318|21=1951|22=11,41,739|23=1961|24=12,80,517|25=1971|26=15,09,172|27=1981|28=18,49,673|29=1991|30=22,61,502|31=2001|32=27,60,667|33=2011|34=32,39,774|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}} According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Ballia district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 3,239,774,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Ballia|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1176/download/3718/DH_2011_0962_PART_A_DCHB_BALLIA.pdf|access-date= |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Mauritania]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Mauritania 3,281,634 July 2011 est. }}</ref> or the US state of [[Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=2011-09-30 |quote=Iowa 3,046,355 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 108th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|1087|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi|abbr=}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.73%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Ballia has a [[sex ratio]] of 937 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 73.94%. 9.39% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 15.27% and 3.40% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/> {{bar box |title=Religions in Ballia district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11394/download/14507/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|92.73}} {{bar percent|[[Islam in Uttar Pradesh|Islam]]|green|6.59}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.68}} }} Among the largest Hindu groups in Ballia district are the [[Rajputs]], with many of them living throughout the district.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Some two dozen [[Dalit]] groups live in Ballia district, with the largest being the [[Chamar]]s and the [[Dobgar]]s.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Most Muslims in Ballia district belong to the [[Sunni]] tradition of Islam, although there is also a small portion who practice [[Shia Islam]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> The largest Muslim community is the [[Julaha]]s, whose traditional occupation of weaving is still widespread.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> The second-largest Muslim group is the Sheikhs, who generally are most numerous in Rasra tehsil; their subdivisions include Siddiqui, Ansari, Quraishi, Usmani, Faruqui, and Abbasi.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> There is also a small [[Sikh]] population in Ballia district, most of whom are originally immigrants from Pakistan.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> They mostly live in urban areas.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> === Languages === {{pie chart |thumb = left |caption = Languages of Ballia district (2011)<ref name="languages"/> |label1 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] |value1 = 81.96 |color1 = gold |label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 16.97 |color2 = orange |label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 0.94 |color3 = green |label4 = Others |value4 = 0.13 |color4 = grey }} At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 81.96% of the population in the district spoke [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], 16.97% [[Hindi]] and 0.94% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Uttar Pradesh|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10224/download/13336/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> ==Culture== Contribution of Ballia to [[Hindi Literature]] is immense as many prominent scholars hail from Ballia such as [[Hazari Prasad Dwivedi]], Bhairav Prasad Gupt, [[Kedarnath Singh|Kedaranath Singh]] and [[Amar Kant]]. Other notable persons belonging to the district are brother duo [[Baldev Upadhyaya]], [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] critic and Krishndev Upadhyaya, Bhojpuri scholar with works in Bhojpuri folk literature and Hindi litterateur [[Doodhnath Singh]]. In the new generation, young author [[Atul Kumar Rai]] has received the [[Sahitya Akademi]] [[Yuva Puraskar]] 2023 for his debut Hindi novel Chandpur ki Chanda. <ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Eastern Anthropologist|date=1950|volume=4-6|title=BHojpuri Gram-geet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qW8LAAAAIAAJ&q=krishna+dev+upadhyaya+bhojpuri|access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref> Ballia is surrounded by two major river [[Ganga]] and [[Ghaghra]] (Saryu) that make this land more fertile. Ballia is also considered as a holy Hindu city. It has big and small temples. Bhrigu temple in Bhrigu Ashram is a temple where Bhrigu Muni was supposed to reside. Bhrigu muni is the one who according to ancient Hindu texts hit Lord Vishnu on his chest. Behind Bhrigu Ashram earlier River Ganga used to flow. A Dadri Mela (fair) is still held annually in the winter season,which is asia's 2nd largest fair and people from all around the Ballia and neighboring districts and even from other states come here to visit it. It lasts about a month. ==Cuisine== Ballia is famous for its dish, Litti Chokha. It's popularly served in many stalls and restaurants across the city. [[Puri (food)|Puri]] of this region is popular because of its large size. It is served in marriages, and other functions. Ballia district's large Hindu population is generally vegetarian.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> The standard meal for most people consists of [[chapati]]s eaten with [[dal]] and cooked vegetables.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Instead of having a full meal during the middle of the day, many people often eat a [[satua]] made of barley, gram, or peas.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> Parched gram, peas, or wheat is another everyday staple, often eaten with rab ([[molasses]]) or [[jaggery]].<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> [[Tea]] is a popular beverage in both urban and rural areas.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> [[Jackfruit]] is also popular in Ballia district.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> When ripe, it is eaten with curd.<ref name="Gazetteer 1986"/> == Political == Ballia was the home of some distinguished freedom fighters who fought against the oppressive British imperialist government and managed to liberate the area from the [[British Raj]] from Ballia for a few days from 19 August 1942 under the leadership of [[Chittu Pandey]] and others. Due to this, the Ballia region is also known as ''Baaghi Ballia'' (rebellious Ballia). Notable political personalities from this district include Ram Nagina Singh, Ex-MP 1952 in Ballia from the Prajatantrik Socialist Party (PSP). [[Chandra Shekhar]], also known as the '[[Young Turk]]' became the eighth prime minister of India on 10 November 1990 and continued until 21 June 1991 (224 days). He was born and brought up in [[Ibrahimpatti]] village in Ballia district. He holds the record as the longest serving member of Lok sabha for Ballia constituency. [[Mangal Pandey]], the well-known freedom fighter was also from this city and was the first person to participate in an armed struggle against the [[British East India Company]] in the Indian [[Rebellion of 1857]]. Chittu Pandey, [[Murli Manohar]], [[Tarkeshwar Pandey]], Tripurari Mishra, [[Gauri Shankar Rai]] and hundreds of leaders fought for independence during that period. Murli Manohar, Tarkeshwar Pandey, and Gauri Shankar Rai were members of Lok Sabha and are no more. Gauri Shankar Rai was a member of UP Assembly, UP Council and as Member of Indian Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses1/0411079104.htm|title=57 Res. re. Demise of Rajiv Gandhi and Obituary References |website=parliamentofindia.nic.in|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> == Tourism == There are a number of tourist attractions in Ballia, which include: * [[Surha Tal]] [[Bird sanctuary|Bird Sanctuary]] == Temples == There is a temple of Kameshwar Dham in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. The specialty of this temple is that here [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] got angry and consumed [[Kamadeva]]. [[Rama|Lord Shri Ram]], Lakshmana had come along with [[Vishvamitra|Maharishi Vishvamitra]] to this land. [[Durvasa|Sage Durvasa]] did penance here. Devotees from far and wide come to visit this temple.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.jagran.com/lite/spiritual/religion-this-is-the-place-where-lord-shiva-opened-his-third-eye-and-burnt-kaamdev-16352612.html|title=यहां भगवान शिव ने ध्‍यान भंग होते ही जला कर भस्‍म कर दिया था कामदेव को |trans-title=Here Lord Shiva had burnt Kamadeva to ashes as soon as he got distracted. |website=m.jagran.com|access-date= 5 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/ballia-14353492.html|title=सावन के पहले दिन कण-कण हुआ शिवमय|publisher=jagran.com|access-date=2017-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiannews.co.in/%E0%A5%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A5%9B%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B9-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B9/|title=यह स्थान, जहां शिव ने कामदेव को किया था भस्म|publisher=asiannews.co.in|access-date=2017-06-28}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> It is believed about this Dham that it is the same place mentioned in [[Shiva Purana]] and [[Valmiki Ramayana]] where Lord Shiva burnt the commander of the gods [[Kamadeva]] to ashes. Here even today there is that half-burnt, green mango tree (tree) hiding behind which Kamadeva shot a flower arrow at Lord Shankar, who was absorbed in the samadhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/ShrimadValmikiRamayan-SanskritTextWithHindiTranslation-DpSharma10/ShrimadValmikiRamayan-SktHindi-DpSharmaVol01-BalaKanda1927#page/n211/mode/2up|title=श्रीमद्वाल्मीकीय रामायण, बालकाण्डे, त्रयोविंश: सर्ग:|publisher=archive.org|access-date=2017-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226071008/http://archive.org/stream/ShrimadValmikiRamayan-SanskritTextWithHindiTranslation-DpSharma10/ShrimadValmikiRamayan-SktHindi-DpSharmaVol01-BalaKanda1927#page/n211/mode/2up|archive-date=26 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> == Climate == {{Weather box | location = Ballia (1981–2010, extremes 1956–2012) | metric first = yes | single line = yes | width = auto | 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=http://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=http://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> }}Balia District is vulnerable to the effects of [[Heat wave|heat waves]]. In 2023, 54 people were killed in a heat wave in Balia District. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Nearly 100 die as India struggles with a sweltering heat wave in 2 most populous states |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nearly-100-die-as-india-struggles-with-a-sweltering-heat-wave-in-2-most-populous-states/ar-AA1cHP3h |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=MSN |language=en-US}}</ref> == Divisions == {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+ href="Ram Nagina Singh" |Tahsils and nagar panchayats in Ballia District ! href="Mangal Pandey" |Tahsil !Nagar panchayat |- href="Murli Manohar" | href="Tarkeshwar Pandey" |Ballia City | href="Gauri Shankar Rai" | *[[Ballia]] Nagar Palika Parishad *[[Ratsar Kala]] Nagar Panchayat *[[Chitbara Gaon]] Nagar Panchayat *Premchak Urf Baheri Census Town *Middha Census Town *[[Bairia]] * [[Bairia Nagar Panchayat]] |- href="Chitbara Gaon" |[[Bansdih]] | * Reoti Nagar Panchayat *Bansdih Nagar Panchayat *Sahatwar Nagar Panchayat *Maniyar Nagar Panchayat |- href="Bird sanctuary" |[[Belthara Road]] | href="Bhrigu" | * Belthara Road Nagar Panchayat |-[[Rasra]] | href="Humid subtropical climate" |[[Rasra]] | * Rasra Nagar Palika Parishad |- href="monsoon" |[[Sikanderpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sikanderpur]] | * Sikanderpur Nagar Panchayat |} == University == The [[Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia]] is a [[State University (India)|state university]] established in 2016 by the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. It is an affiliating university and it 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 2016–17 academic year, exams were conducted by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi but students were awarded a degree of [[Jananayak Chandrashekhar University]], Ballia.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} == Notable people == {{Main|List of people from Ballia}} ==Villages== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a location to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦---> *[[Awayan]] *[[Barauli, Ballia|Barauli]] *[[Jamalpur, Sikandarpur|Jamalpur]] *[[Narhi (Nagra)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Narhi, Nagra Village information - Soki.In |url=https://soki.in/narhi-nagra-ballia |website=soki.in |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{Cite book|author=Singh, Anil Kumar|year=1985|title=Ballia District, a Study in Rural Settlement Geography|series=NGSI Research publication #33|publisher=National Geographical Society of India|location=Varanasi, India|oclc=13497935}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{official website|http://ballia.nic.in}} {{Geographic location |Centre = Ballia district |North = [[Siwan district]], Bihar |Northeast = |East = [[Chhapra district]], Bihar |Southeast = [[Arrah district]], Bihar |South = [[Buxar district]], Bihar |Southwest = [[Ghazipur district]], Uttar Pradesh |West = [[Mau district]], Uttar Pradesh |Northwest = [[Deoria district]], Uttar Pradesh }} {{Uttar Pradesh}} {{Ballia district}} {{Districts of Uttar Pradesh}} {{Azamgarh division topics}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Ballia district| ]] [[Category:Districts of Uttar Pradesh]]'