Bhalia
Arambagh block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712615
· village code 324286
Population 2011
2,452
Census of India
Population 2020
2,720
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.9%
268 people · 1.2% a year
Households
760
+37.2% vs 554 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,452
Male / female
1,241 / 1,211
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
265
Literacy rate
68.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,536 / 6
Working population
864
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.8%
Households
554
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
210
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
600
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 200 / 20
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Batanal 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
₹86.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.72 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.21 crore
Unspent at year end
₹57.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.84 lakh · received ₹38.10 lakh · spent ₹39.88 lakh · left ₹20.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹64.85 lakh · received ₹54.61 lakh · spent ₹81.61 lakh · left ₹37.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9009, 87.8623 —
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How this village compares
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