Balha
Supaul block · Supaul
district, Bihar · PIN 852130
· village code 221338
Population 2011
5,228
Census of India
Population 2020
6,411
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.6%
1,183 people · 2.3% a year
Households
1,425
+43.6% vs 992 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,228
Male / female
2,694 / 2,534
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
966
Literacy rate
56.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
471 / 1
Working population
1,391
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.0%
Households
992
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
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
245
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
638
Non-farm households
552
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
155 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
75 / 61 / 155
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balha 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
₹16.57 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.72 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.50 lakh · received ₹6.26 lakh · spent ₹9.71 lakh · left ₹3.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.07 lakh · received ₹9.45 lakh · spent ₹9.89 lakh · left ₹9.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1081, 86.5821 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Supaul district ·
School
staffing across Supaul ·
…and across Bihar