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27-691: 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 is home to a protected area, the Jai Prakash Narayan bird sanctuary. Ballia is around 4 km (2.5 mi) from Bihar . The name Ballia

54-459: A commune-level town ( thị trấn ) is similar to a township; it is a subdivision of a rural district ( huyện ) and is the lowest administration subdivision in the country. In Zimbabwe , the term township was used for segregated parts of suburban areas. During colonial years in Rhodesia , the term township referred to a residential area reserved for Black citizens within the boundaries of

81-563: A city or town and is still commonly used colloquially. This reflected the South African usage. In present-day Zimbabwe, the term is also used to refer to a residential area within close proximity of a rural growth point. Fortnight A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks ). The word derives from the Old English term fēowertīene niht , meaning " fourteen nights " (or "fourteen days", since

108-501: A precise legal meaning and is used on land titles in all areas regardless of the demographics of the respective region. In Taiwan , townships are administered by a county together with a county-administered city . There are three types of townships in Taiwan: urban townships, rural townships, and mountain indigenous townships. Mountain indigenous townships are those with significant populations of Taiwanese aborigines . In England ,

135-742: A rural area. The term is generally comparable to that of a village in England. In the Philippines , townships refer to administrative divisions established during the American Civil Government in the country. Many of these political divisions were originally established as rancherias during the Spanish Regime . The term was later replaced with " municipal district ". Most municipal districts would later be converted into regular municipalities by executive orders from

162-560: A small town". The term refers purely to the settlement; it does not refer to a unit of government. Townships are governed as part of a larger council (such as that of a shire , district or city ) or authority. In Canada , two kinds of township occur in common use: In China , townships are found at the fourth level of the administrative hierarchy , below counties , districts , and county level cities but above villages and communities, together with ethnic townships , towns and subdistricts . In India , townships are found at

189-483: A small town; in the cases of predominant Jewish population the latter is sometimes translated as shtetl ). In South Africa under apartheid , the term "township" was used to describe residential developments that confined non-Whites, including Blacks, Coloureds, and Indians, living near or working in White-only communities. Soweto and Mdantsane were both prominent townships under apartheid. The term also has

216-430: 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 . Municipal board Although

243-405: Is an ancligised spelling of Hindi Baliyā ( Devanagari : बलिया). According to Paul Whalley, the name is derived from the personal name Bali along with the suffix -ā . The "y" in the name is a glide inserted between the vowels to make it easier to pronounce; the resulting similarity to the diminutive suffix -iyā is only coincidental. According to locals, the name Ballia was derived from

270-455: 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. The Jananayak Chandrashekhar University, Ballia is a state university established in 2016 by Government of Uttar Pradesh in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh . It

297-673: 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 . Ballia railway station caters to many trains daily including Special Vande Bharat Express and 2 Rajdhani Expresses . Train connectivity to major cities of India like Delhi , Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai as well as to Lucknow , Kanpur , Aligarh , Agra , Varanasi and Allahabad via many trains

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324-420: 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

351-567: The National Land Code , adopted in 1965. In New Zealand , towns and townships no longer exist; all land is part of either a city , which is mostly urban, or a district , which is mostly rural. Since 1979, municipalities have existed in New Zealand but are rare and not formally defined legally. As a term, however, townships are still in common usage in New Zealand, used in referring to a small town or urban community located in

378-521: The United States : civil and survey. A state may have one or both types. In states that have both, the boundaries often coincide in many counties. In the first U.S. census of Puerto Rico , the population centers known as townships were referred to as " barrios ," a term first used when Puerto Rico was under Spanish colonial rule . Like townships in most U.S. states, barrios are subdivisions and function as municipalities . In Vietnam ,

405-589: The Highlands generally the term may describe a very small agrarian community . In Wales , the term "township" is used to describe a population center created by an Act of Parliament in 1539, such as the Townships in Montgomeryshire . In the United States , a township is a subdivision of a county and is usually 36 square miles (about 93 square kilometres) in area. There are two types of townships in

432-656: The Philippine president. Mambukal , a hill station geographically located in Murcia, Negros Occidental , is the only legally constituted township in the Philippines, created under Republic Act No. 1964, approved in June 1957. As a term, the word "township" in the Philippines is used to refer to new developments with their own amenities, including both vertical and horizontal projects. The modern and largest townships in

459-962: The Philippines are New Clark City with 9,450 hectares in Capas of Tarlac , Hamilo Coast with 5,900 hectares in Nasugbu of Batangas , Nuvali with 2,290 hectares in Santa Rosa of Laguna , Lancaster New City with 2,000 hectares in Kawit Imus GenTri of Cavite , Vista City with 1,500 hectares in Las Piñas Muntinlupa of Metro Manila , and Dasmariñas of Cavite, Twin Lakes with 1,149 hectares in Tagaytay of Cavite and Alviera with 1,125 hectares in Porac of Pampanga . The majority of

486-535: 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 . The district lies between

513-548: The connection between the ecclesiastical functions of ancient parishes and the civil administrative functions that had been introduced in these areas beginning in the 16th century. As of the 21st century, some councils, mostly in Northern England , have revived the term. In Scotland , the term is still used for some rural settlements. In parts of the Highlands and Islands , a township is a crofting settlement. In

540-462: The current townships are near Metro Manila, which permits faster access to the capital region by road or rail transport. The former Russian Empire , Soviet Union , and Commonwealth of Independent States states is sometimes used to denote a small semi-urban, sometimes industrial, settlement and used to translate the terms поселок городского типа ( townlet ), посад ( posad ), местечко ( mestechko , from Polish " miasteczko ",

567-473: The fourth level of the city. In Jersey , township is a redundant term, as the only surviving local government level at present are the 12 parishes of the island. In Malaysia , townships are found at the third level of the administrative hierarchy , is a subdivision of a daerah ( district or county ) or autonomous sub-district ( daerah kecil ), while above kampung ( village ) and taman (residential neighbourhood) as defined in

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594-409: 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

621-557: 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 sandy quality of the soil, locally known as "Ballua" ( balu meaning sand). 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

648-489: The parallels of 25º33' and 26º11' North latitudes and 83º38' and 84º39' East longitudes. Ballia is among the least forest covered districts in India . In 1901, Ballia had a population of 15,278. According to the 2001 Indian census, 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

675-608: 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. 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%). Dadri mela

702-403: The term "township" is no longer in official use, but still maintains some meaning, typically used to describe subdivisions of large parishes for administrative purposes. This definition became legally obsolete at the end of the 19th century when local government reform converted many townships that had been subdivisions of ancient parishes into the newer civil parishes , which formally separated

729-425: The term is occasionally associated with an urban area , that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia , Canada , Scotland , and parts of the United States , the term refers to settlements too small or scattered to be considered urban. The Australian National Dictionary defines a township as "a site reserved for and laid out as a town ; such a site at an early stage of its occupation and development;

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