Balhapatti

Kahara block · Saharsa district, Bihar · PIN 852202 · village code 226422

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 4,039 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,765 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

4,039

Male / female

2,109 / 1,930

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

915

Children aged 0–6

778

Literacy rate

36.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

116 / 1

Working population

1,457

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

86.1%

Households

821

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 1 km away

All-weather road

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

525

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

415

Non-farm households

225

Share of households farming, 2020

65%

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

2 / 2 / 1

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Balhapatti panchayat, Kahra 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

₹27.08 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹11.17 lakh

Received directly

₹88,281

Spent

₹22.75 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹16.38 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹7.50 lakh · received ₹4.45 lakh · spent ₹6.35 lakh · left ₹6.49 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹19.57 lakh · received ₹6.72 lakh · spent ₹16.40 lakh · left ₹9.89 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.9099, 86.5363 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Bakhtiarpur compare · Baksuar compare · Baldehi compare · Balhampur compare · Balhapatti Arazi compare · Balhi compare · Balia compare · Balia Ekduari compare

How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Saharsa district · School staffing across Saharsa · …and across Bihar