Balakundi
Dinhata-I block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736135
· village code 308551
Population 2011
2,256
Census of India
Population 2020
4,951
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+119.5%
2,695 people · 9.1% a year
Households
919
+68.9% vs 544 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,256
Male / female
1,158 / 1,098
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
253
Literacy rate
61.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
143 / 0
Working population
771
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.2%
Households
544
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
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
405
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
815
Net sown area
141 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
141 / 101 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Okrabari panchayat, Dinhata-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
₹79.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹93.97 lakh
Received directly
₹1.50 lakh
Spent
₹1.48 crore
Unspent at year end
₹26.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹34.70 lakh · received ₹38.66 lakh · spent ₹62.60 lakh · left ₹12.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.95 lakh · received ₹55.31 lakh · spent ₹85.81 lakh · left ₹14.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3964, 89.3519 —
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