Balasan
Pothia block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855117
· village code 222622
Population 2011
233
Census of India
Population 2020
237
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.7%
4 people · 0.2% a year
Households
49
+2.1% vs 48 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
233
Male / female
132 / 101
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
765
Children aged 0–6
28
Literacy rate
46.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
83
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
48
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
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
Van
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
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
33 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
33 / 33 / 32
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chhattergachh. panchayat, Pothia 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
₹17.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.06 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.39 lakh · received ₹6.40 lakh · spent ₹6.44 lakh · left ₹8.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.92 lakh · received ₹9.66 lakh · spent ₹8.02 lakh · left ₹10.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3023, 88.0937 —
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