Baluganj
Balrampur block · Katihar
district, Bihar · PIN 854317
· village code 224750
Population 2011
5,116
Census of India
Population 2020
5,610
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.7%
494 people · 1.0% a year
Households
1,205
+10.2% vs 1,094 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,116
Male / female
2,627 / 2,489
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
947
Children aged 0–6
1,097
Literacy rate
34.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
797 / 9
Working population
1,432
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.5%
Households
1,094
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
7
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
455
Non-farm households
750
Share of households farming, 2020
38%
Net sown area
196 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
196 / 135 / 6
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kiraura panchayat, Balrampur 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
₹57.92 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹24.41 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹72.04 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.30 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.72 lakh · received ₹9.73 lakh · spent ₹27.82 lakh · left ₹8.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.20 lakh · received ₹14.69 lakh · spent ₹44.22 lakh · left ₹1.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8452, 87.8337 —
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