Balichua
Binpur-Ii block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721501
· village code 335515
Population 2011
693
Census of India
Population 2020
705
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.7%
12 people · 0.2% a year
Households
176
+5.4% vs 167 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
693
Male / female
342 / 351
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,026
Children aged 0–6
102
Literacy rate
53.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
174 / 396
Working population
273
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.4%
Households
167
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
35
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
76
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
43%
Net sown area
10 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
10 / 5 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shimulpal panchayat, Binpur-Ii 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
₹52.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.90 lakh
Received directly
₹34,592
Spent
₹75.66 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹44.21 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.46 lakh · received ₹27.49 lakh · spent ₹19.62 lakh · left ₹22.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.17 lakh · received ₹39.41 lakh · spent ₹56.05 lakh · left ₹21.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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