Balia
Arambagh block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712413
· village code 324279
Population 2011
2,021
Census of India
Population 2020
2,250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.3%
229 people · 1.2% a year
Households
466
+5.4% vs 442 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,021
Male / female
1,045 / 976
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
934
Children aged 0–6
258
Literacy rate
57.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,685 / 12
Working population
632
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.8%
Households
442
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>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
150
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
366
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 22 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Malaypur-I panchayat, Arambagh 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
₹31.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹55.96 lakh
Received directly
₹38,275
Spent
₹58.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.21 lakh · received ₹23.00 lakh · spent ₹23.42 lakh · left ₹11.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.83 lakh · received ₹32.97 lakh · spent ₹35.01 lakh · left ₹17.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8392, 87.8888 —
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