Balwa
Madhwapur block · Madhubani
district, Bihar · PIN 847308
· village code 219818
Population 2011
4,521
Census of India
Population 2020
5,267
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.5%
746 people · 1.7% a year
Households
1,025
+16.1% vs 883 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,521
Male / female
2,339 / 2,182
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
922
Literacy rate
36.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
723 / 3
Working population
1,818
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.3%
Households
883
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Balba panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
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
305
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
498
Non-farm households
365
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
199 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
199 / 105 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balba panchayat, Madhwapur 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
₹16.46 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹22.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.16 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.56 lakh · received ₹7.19 lakh · spent ₹59,498 · left ₹12.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.90 lakh · received ₹10.86 lakh · spent ₹21.75 lakh · left ₹856
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.5269, 85.8405 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Madhubani district ·
School
staffing across Madhubani ·
…and across Bihar