Balia
Raiganj block · Dinajpur Uttar
district, West Bengal · PIN 733156
· village code 309617
Population 2011
3,156
Census of India
Population 2020
7,296
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+131.2%
4,140 people · 9.8% a year
Households
1,456
+106.5% vs 705 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,156
Male / female
1,619 / 1,537
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
949
Children aged 0–6
399
Literacy rate
53.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,075 / 175
Working population
1,324
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.3%
Households
705
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
218
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
44
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
21
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 260 / 26
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bindole panchayat, Raiganj 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
₹1.63 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.98 lakh
Received directly
₹5.00 lakh
Spent
₹1.68 crore
Unspent at year end
₹90.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹51.27 lakh · received ₹37.39 lakh · spent ₹68.94 lakh · left ₹24.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.11 crore · received ₹53.59 lakh · spent ₹99.16 lakh · left ₹65.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5856, 88.1183 —
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