Balaha
Bhagwanpur Hat block · Siwan
district, Bihar · PIN 841507
· village code 231753
Population 2011
1,849
Census of India
Population 2020
1,900
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.8%
51 people · 0.3% a year
Households
1,095
+263.8% vs 301 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,849
Male / female
917 / 932
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,016
Children aged 0–6
337
Literacy rate
57.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
503 / 2
Working population
387
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
24.8%
Households
301
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
90
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
280
Non-farm households
70
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 23 / 6
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balahan Arazi panchayat, Bhagwanpur Hat 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
₹40.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.82 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹44.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.28 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.28 lakh · received ₹6.70 lakh · spent ₹13.87 lakh · left ₹10.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.04 lakh · received ₹10.12 lakh · spent ₹31.00 lakh · left ₹2.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1139, 84.6262 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Siwan ·
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