Balsa
Rampurhat-Ii block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731241
· village code 316476
Population 2011
1,312
Census of India
Population 2020
1,790
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.4%
478 people · 3.5% a year
Households
329
-14.1% vs 383 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,312
Male / female
668 / 644
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
177
Literacy rate
55.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
934 / 0
Working population
447
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
85.0%
Households
383
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
148
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
122
Non-farm households
89
Share of households farming, 2020
58%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 80 / 8
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dunigram panchayat, Rampurhat-Ii 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
₹58.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹90.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.92 lakh · received ₹32.86 lakh · spent ₹34.29 lakh · left ₹20.49 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.27 lakh · received ₹47.10 lakh · spent ₹56.17 lakh · left ₹27.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2162, 87.9165 —
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