Balchandhata
Siwan block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841226
· village code 231400
Population 2011
2,076
Census of India
Population 2020
2,178
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.9%
102 people · 0.5% a year
Households
632
+125.7% vs 280 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,076
Male / female
1,050 / 1,026
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
977
Children aged 0–6
375
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
253 / 185
Working population
519
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.3%
Households
280
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
121
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
435
Non-farm households
186
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
131 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
131 / 118 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Baletha panchayat, Siwan 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
₹42.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.49 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹54.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.04 lakh · received ₹6.17 lakh · spent ₹18.17 lakh · left ₹3.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.51 lakh · received ₹9.32 lakh · spent ₹35.87 lakh · left ₹96,595
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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staffing across Siwan ·
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