Balua Kachhari
Banmankhi block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854201
· village code 223040
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 13,819 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 5,500 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
13,819
Male / female
7,193 / 6,626
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
2,850
Literacy rate
38.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,098 / 2,985
Working population
5,413
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.9%
Households
2,926
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Koshi Sh. Devottar panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
200
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
22
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 12 / 12
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Koshi Sh. Devottar panchayat, Banmankhi 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
₹4.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.83 lakh
Received directly
₹9.56 lakh
Spent
₹10.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹96,177 · received ₹3.52 lakh · spent ₹4.14 lakh · left ₹4.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.13 lakh · received ₹5.31 lakh · spent ₹6.27 lakh · left ₹7.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9099, 87.1973 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Purnia district ·
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staffing across Purnia ·
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