Balichaur
Goalpokhar-I block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733208
· village code 309176
Population 2011
2,094
Census of India
Population 2020
2,699
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.9%
605 people · 2.9% a year
Households
422
+6.8% vs 395 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,094
Male / female
1,104 / 990
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
897
Children aged 0–6
276
Literacy rate
18.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
40 / 0
Working population
627
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.1%
Households
395
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
63%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Goagaon-I panchayat, Goalpokher - 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
₹55.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹89.75 lakh
Received directly
₹1.52 lakh
Spent
₹99.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.00 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.57 lakh · received ₹36.88 lakh · spent ₹34.78 lakh · left ₹17.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.13 lakh · received ₹52.87 lakh · spent ₹65.19 lakh · left ₹29.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.9279, 88.0521 —
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