Balha
Bisfi block · Madhubani
district, Bihar · PIN 847304
· village code 220363
Population 2011
5,500
Census of India
Population 2020
10,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+81.8%
4,500 people · 6.9% a year
Households
1,500
+36.7% vs 1,097 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,500
Male / female
2,873 / 2,627
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
1,108
Literacy rate
40.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
127 / 0
Working population
1,534
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.1%
Households
1,097
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
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
359
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
90
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
375
Non-farm households
510
Share of households farming, 2020
42%
Net sown area
123 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
104 / 123 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balha panchayat, Bisfi 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
₹17.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.68 lakh
Received directly
₹17.10 lakh
Spent
₹28.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.14 lakh · received ₹7.04 lakh · spent ₹12.56 lakh · left ₹7.46 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.38 lakh · received ₹10.63 lakh · spent ₹15.62 lakh · left ₹16.65 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 85.9458 —
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