Balabhut
Tufanganj-I block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736159
· village code 308400
Population 2011
10,008
Census of India
Population 2020
12,328
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+23.2%
2,320 people · 2.3% a year
Households
2,982
+30.1% vs 2,293 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
10,008
Male / female
5,182 / 4,826
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
931
Children aged 0–6
1,460
Literacy rate
54.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,717 / 1
Working population
3,993
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.4%
Households
2,293
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
1,260
Teachers
30
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
1,222
Net sown area
700 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
550 / 700 / 200
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balabhut panchayat, Tufanganj-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
₹37.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.04 lakh
Received directly
₹24,240
Spent
₹84.80 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.09 lakh · received ₹24.67 lakh · spent ₹30.23 lakh · left ₹4.78 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.50 lakh · received ₹35.37 lakh · spent ₹54.57 lakh · left ₹8.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 89.6642 —
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