Bhalan (290)
Sundarnagar block · Mandi
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 175009
· village code 15609
Population 2011
289
Census of India
Population 2020
348
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.4%
59 people · 2.1% a year
Households
82
+49.1% vs 55 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
289
Male / female
140 / 149
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,064
Children aged 0–6
35
Literacy rate
66.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
54 / 32
Working population
154
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.5%
Households
55
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
35
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
75
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
31 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
31 / 31 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Saujha panchayat, Sundarnagar zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹25.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.68 lakh
Received directly
₹1.49 lakh
Spent
₹1.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.55 lakh · received ₹4.26 lakh · spent ₹80,000 · left ₹17.52 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.82 lakh · received ₹5.42 lakh · spent ₹29,792 · left ₹17.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.2252, 77.1386 —
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