Balaha
Kusheshwar Asthan block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 848213
· village code 227854
Population 2011
4,889
Census of India
Population 2020
5,200
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.4%
311 people · 0.7% a year
Households
1,175
+3.9% vs 1,131 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,889
Male / female
2,250 / 2,639
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,173
Children aged 0–6
1,165
Literacy rate
39.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,269 / 1
Working population
1,820
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.1%
Households
1,131
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
550
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
92
Electricity
No
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 7 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Masankhon panchayat, Kusheshwar Asthan 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
₹14.02 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹27.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.04 lakh · received ₹6.78 lakh · spent ₹14.95 lakh · left ₹3.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.98 lakh · received ₹10.24 lakh · spent ₹12.09 lakh · left ₹12,796
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8542, 86.2655 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Darbhanga district ·
School
staffing across Darbhanga ·
…and across Bihar