Balbalpara
Shamsherganj block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742224
· village code 313852
Population 2011
5,207
Census of India
Population 2020
5,729
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
522 people · 1.1% a year
Households
980
+6.2% vs 923 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,207
Male / female
2,606 / 2,601
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
998
Children aged 0–6
1,145
Literacy rate
44.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
185 / 2
Working population
2,237
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
17.9%
Households
923
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
625
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
89
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
681
Non-farm households
292
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chachanda panchayat, Shamsherganj 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
₹98.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.03 crore
Received directly
₹1.44 lakh
Spent
₹1.30 crore
Unspent at year end
₹73.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹34.68 lakh · received ₹42.51 lakh · spent ₹43.29 lakh · left ₹35.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹63.88 lakh · received ₹60.83 lakh · spent ₹86.43 lakh · left ₹38.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6346, 87.9855 —
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