Balia
Bankura-I block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722139
· village code 326906
Population 2011
1,460
Census of India
Population 2020
1,580
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.2%
120 people · 0.9% a year
Households
325
+8.3% vs 300 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,460
Male / female
752 / 708
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
160
Literacy rate
62.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
468 / 0
Working population
535
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
64.3%
Households
300
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
145
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
250
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 50 / 50
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalpathar panchayat, Bankura-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
₹38.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹55.29 lakh
Received directly
₹1.97 lakh
Spent
₹66.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.60 lakh · received ₹22.72 lakh · spent ₹26.88 lakh · left ₹12.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.02 lakh · received ₹32.57 lakh · spent ₹39.27 lakh · left ₹17.32 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2252, 86.9371 —
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