Bala
Lakri Nabiganj block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841416
· village code 231644
Population 2011
3,956
Census of India
Population 2020
4,939
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+24.9%
983 people · 2.5% a year
Households
704
+24.6% vs 565 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,956
Male / female
1,909 / 2,047
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,072
Children aged 0–6
742
Literacy rate
43.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
679 / 50
Working population
1,117
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.7%
Households
565
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
480
Non-farm households
223
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
130 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 130 / 55
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhopatpur panchayat, Lakri Nabiganj 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
₹28.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.47 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.33 lakh · received ₹8.95 lakh · spent ₹10.38 lakh · left ₹12.90 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.11 lakh · received ₹13.51 lakh · spent ₹27.48 lakh · left ₹13,943
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2523, 84.6602 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Siwan district ·
School
staffing across Siwan ·
…and across Bihar