Balapur
Barharia block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841232
· village code 231471
Population 2011
4,567
Census of India
Population 2020
5,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.5%
433 people · 1.0% a year
Households
830
+18.1% vs 703 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,567
Male / female
2,289 / 2,278
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
995
Children aged 0–6
776
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
729 / 383
Working population
1,142
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.8%
Households
703
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
350
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
355
Non-farm households
472
Share of households farming, 2020
43%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balapur panchayat, Barharia 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
₹37.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.18 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹53.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.06 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.31 lakh · received ₹7.24 lakh · spent ₹19.72 lakh · left ₹83,042
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.04 lakh · received ₹10.93 lakh · spent ₹33.74 lakh · left ₹1.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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