Balasi
Mathabhanga-I block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736146
· village code 307914
Population 2011
3,008
Census of India
Population 2020
2,912
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-3.2%
-96 people · -0.4% a year
Households
795
+24.8% vs 637 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,008
Male / female
1,578 / 1,430
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
397
Literacy rate
65.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
967 / 0
Working population
1,717
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.2%
Households
637
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
180
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
53
Non-farm households
102
Share of households farming, 2020
34%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 40 / 103
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hazrahat-I panchayat, Mathabhanga-I 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
₹56.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.98 lakh
Received directly
₹1.09 lakh
Spent
₹87.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.33 lakh · received ₹27.12 lakh · spent ₹31.57 lakh · left ₹13.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.86 lakh · received ₹38.87 lakh · spent ₹55.45 lakh · left ₹22.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3243, 89.2158 —
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