Balki
Swarupnagar block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743273
· village code 322825
Population 2011
2,034
Census of India
Population 2020
2,857
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.5%
823 people · 3.8% a year
Households
430
-10.2% vs 479 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,034
Male / female
1,035 / 999
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
216
Literacy rate
66.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
246 / 1
Working population
633
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.3%
Households
479
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
418
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
94 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
67 / 40 / 94
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gobindapur panchayat, Swarupnagar 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
₹57.04 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.17 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.16 crore
Unspent at year end
₹58.08 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.55 lakh · received ₹48.08 lakh · spent ₹36.53 lakh · left ₹25.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.49 lakh · received ₹68.81 lakh · spent ₹79.31 lakh · left ₹32.99 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8649, 88.8949 —
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