Balichuna
Bharatpur-I block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742161
· village code 315790
Population 2011
315
Census of India
Population 2020
415
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.8%
100 people · 3.1% a year
Households
87
+16.0% vs 75 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
315
Male / female
175 / 140
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
800
Children aged 0–6
18
Literacy rate
84.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
167
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.1%
Households
75
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 nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
32
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
52
Non-farm households
33
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
15 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 10 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gadda panchayat, Bharatpur-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
₹41.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹36.91 lakh
Received directly
₹67,146
Spent
₹44.39 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.79 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.21 lakh · received ₹15.21 lakh · spent ₹15.52 lakh · left ₹13.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.38 lakh · received ₹21.70 lakh · spent ₹28.87 lakh · left ₹21.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8559, 87.9854 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Murshidabad district ·
School
staffing across Murshidabad ·
…and across West Bengal