Balwa
Supaul block · Supaul
district, Bihar · PIN 852131
· village code 221312
Population 2011
1,662
Census of India
Population 2020
2,392
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+43.9%
730 people · 4.1% a year
Households
394
+20.1% vs 328 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,662
Male / female
896 / 766
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
855
Children aged 0–6
292
Literacy rate
43.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
76 / 1
Working population
793
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.1%
Households
328
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
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
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
194
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
244
Share of households farming, 2020
38%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 50 / 22
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balwa panchayat, Supaul 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
₹76.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.74 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹50.80 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.07 lakh · received ₹4.28 lakh · spent ₹15.08 lakh · left ₹4.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹61.66 lakh · received ₹6.46 lakh · spent ₹35.72 lakh · left ₹32.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1081, 86.5621 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Supaul district ·
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