Balahijhora
Kharibari block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734429
· village code 306794
Population 2011
1,398
Census of India
Population 2020
1,673
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.7%
275 people · 2.0% a year
Households
356
+21.9% vs 292 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,398
Male / female
704 / 694
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
139
Literacy rate
70.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,107 / 0
Working population
571
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
39.4%
Households
292
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
168
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
252
Non-farm households
104
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
32 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
32 / 30 / 11
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raniganj-Panishali panchayat, Kharibari 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
₹1.25 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.24 crore
Received directly
₹7.17 lakh
Spent
₹1.60 crore
Unspent at year end
₹95.46 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹32.98 lakh · received ₹50.87 lakh · spent ₹63.25 lakh · left ₹27.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹92.01 lakh · received ₹72.92 lakh · spent ₹97.24 lakh · left ₹67.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.7207, 88.4149 —
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