Balishira
Binpur-I block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721504
· village code 336423
Population 2011
539
Census of India
Population 2020
565
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.8%
26 people · 0.5% a year
Households
128
+4.9% vs 122 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
539
Male / female
281 / 258
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
64
Literacy rate
45.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
527 / 0
Working population
220
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.5%
Households
122
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
42
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
14 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
14 / 12 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Baita panchayat, Binpur-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
₹40.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹50.19 lakh
Received directly
₹82,691
Spent
₹52.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.86 lakh · received ₹20.62 lakh · spent ₹13.68 lakh · left ₹17.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.47 lakh · received ₹29.56 lakh · spent ₹39.23 lakh · left ₹20.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4412, 87.3056 —
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