Balakdi
Puncha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723128
· village code 331132
Population 2011
982
Census of India
Population 2020
1,129
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.0%
147 people · 1.6% a year
Households
217
+9.6% vs 198 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
982
Male / female
502 / 480
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
107
Literacy rate
65.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
13 / 68
Working population
609
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.9%
Households
198
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
84
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
203
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
132 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 3 / 132
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kenda panchayat, Puncha 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
₹23.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹43.65 lakh
Received directly
₹31,502
Spent
₹44.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.18 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.04 lakh · received ₹17.98 lakh · spent ₹12.50 lakh · left ₹10.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.74 lakh · received ₹25.67 lakh · spent ₹32.07 lakh · left ₹12.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3113, 86.5396 —
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