BaluwaBirt

Paharpur block · Purbi Champaran district, Bihar · PIN 845422 · village code 218131

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 878 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 3,600 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

878

Male / female

456 / 422

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

925

Children aged 0–6

191

Literacy rate

43.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

319

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

97.8%

Households

176

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road nearest 1 km away

Public transport nearest 10 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

200

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

1,200

Non-farm households

850

Share of households farming, 2020

59%

Net sown area

24 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 24 / 5

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Balua panchayat, Paharpur 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

₹22.12 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.07 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹29.02 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹11.16 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.38 lakh · received ₹7.20 lakh · spent ₹10.24 lakh · left ₹4.33 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹14.74 lakh · received ₹10.87 lakh · spent ₹18.78 lakh · left ₹6.83 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.6667, 84.6227 — view on OpenStreetMap

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