Balia Pathar
Purulia-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723102
· village code 330977
Population 2011
798
Census of India
Population 2020
837
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.9%
39 people · 0.5% a year
Households
123
0.0% vs 123 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
798
Male / female
395 / 403
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,020
Children aged 0–6
115
Literacy rate
51.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
40 / 438
Working population
445
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.2%
Households
123
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 nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
48
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
112
Non-farm households
9
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
160 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
160 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Durku panchayat, Purulia-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
₹75.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹59.86 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹71.39 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹63.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.45 lakh · received ₹24.60 lakh · spent ₹29.02 lakh · left ₹12.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹59.04 lakh · received ₹35.26 lakh · spent ₹42.38 lakh · left ₹51.92 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 86.5564 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Purulia district ·
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staffing across Purulia ·
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