Balaura
Ramnagar block · Pashchim Champaran
district, Bihar · PIN 845106
· village code 216309
Population 2011
831
Census of India
Population 2020
1,319
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+58.7%
488 people · 5.3% a year
Households
319
+103.2% vs 157 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
831
Male / female
426 / 405
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
177
Literacy rate
43.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
590 / 32
Working population
378
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.6%
Households
157
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
43%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sohsa panchayat, Ramnagar 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
₹24.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.34 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹32.96 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.51 lakh · received ₹7.31 lakh · spent ₹12.76 lakh · left ₹6.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.32 lakh · received ₹11.03 lakh · spent ₹20.19 lakh · left ₹4.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
27.2432, 84.3678 —
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