Balara Municipality is one of the 20 municipalities in Sarlahi District of Madhesh Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 47,912, comprising 24,771 males (51.7%) and 23,141 females (48.3%), with a literacy rate of 54.48%. Spanning 48.55 square kilometers, Balara Municipality exhibits the population density of 987 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 11 wards.
According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Balara has 38 schools. Of these, 4 are private and 31 are public. The breakdown includes 31 pre-schools, 37 basic schools, and 5 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Janata Secondary School Gadahiya-Dumariya, Sarlahi, Saraswati Amresh Babunandan Singh Secondary School, Shree Sudha Rajeshwar Secondary School, Ram Sakhi Mohit Singh Janata Secondary School, and Nepal Rastriya Ramchandra Shivachandra Secondary School.