Balia
Arsha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723201
· village code 331150
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,526 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,430 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
2,526
Male / female
1,250 / 1,276
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
443
Literacy rate
46.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
255 / 76
Working population
1,326
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
34.5%
Households
485
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
280
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
93
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
10
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
9%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 30 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mankiary panchayat, Arsha 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
₹21.51 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.47 lakh
Received directly
₹1.54 lakh
Spent
₹73.60 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.22 lakh · received ₹25.44 lakh · spent ₹24.63 lakh · left ₹14.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.29 lakh · received ₹55.03 lakh · spent ₹48.97 lakh · left ₹15.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2794, 86.2617 —
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Nearby villages
Balarampur alias Khariduara
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal