Balaha
Shivaji Nagar block · Samastipur
district, Bihar · PIN 848117
· village code 236425
Population 2011
1,003
Census of India
Population 2020
1,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.7%
97 people · 1.0% a year
Households
232
+21.5% vs 191 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,003
Male / female
520 / 483
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
183
Literacy rate
58.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
105 / 0
Working population
291
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.1%
Households
191
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
59
Non-farm households
49
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
52 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
52 / 52 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kariyan panchayat, Shivaji Nagar 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
₹29.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.77 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹11.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.08 lakh · received ₹7.88 lakh · spent ₹5.42 lakh · left ₹9.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.14 lakh · received ₹11.89 lakh · spent ₹31.66 lakh · left ₹2.38 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.8559, 86.0762 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Samastipur district ·
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staffing across Samastipur ·
…and across Bihar