Bhaluka
Balarampur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723153
· village code 331662
Population 2011
303
Census of India
Population 2020
338
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.6%
35 people · 1.2% a year
Households
65
+4.8% vs 62 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
303
Male / female
149 / 154
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
37
Literacy rate
64.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 178
Working population
157
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.3%
Households
62
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
78
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
61
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
71 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
71 / 12 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghatbera-Kerowa panchayat, Balarampur 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
₹2.05 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹78.97 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹70.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.13 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹71.37 lakh · received ₹32.49 lakh · spent ₹22.55 lakh · left ₹81.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.34 crore · received ₹46.48 lakh · spent ₹48.28 lakh · left ₹1.32 crore
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3153, 86.3485 —
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