Balua
Dagraua block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854315
· village code 224234
Population 2011
615
Census of India
Population 2020
948
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+54.1%
333 people · 4.9% a year
Households
216
+50.0% vs 144 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
615
Male / female
315 / 300
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
952
Children aged 0–6
127
Literacy rate
45.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
103 / 0
Working population
191
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.6%
Households
144
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
300
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
152
Non-farm households
64
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
90 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
90 / 80 / 70
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Makeli panchayat, Dagraua 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
₹18.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.10 lakh
Received directly
₹26,991
Spent
₹22.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.32 lakh · received ₹5.22 lakh · spent ₹7.10 lakh · left ₹2.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.10 lakh · received ₹7.88 lakh · spent ₹15.74 lakh · left ₹6.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8018, 87.6980 —
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