Balidanga
Ghatal block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721212
· village code 337646
Population 2011
2,278
Census of India
Population 2020
2,336
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.5%
58 people · 0.3% a year
Households
533
+0.4% vs 531 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,278
Male / female
1,190 / 1,088
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
914
Children aged 0–6
245
Literacy rate
75.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
67 / 0
Working population
782
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.4%
Households
531
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
198
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
495
Non-farm households
38
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
55 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
55 / 50 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sultanpur panchayat, Ghatal 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
₹39.05 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.20 lakh
Received directly
₹49,247
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹12.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.39 lakh · received ₹30.49 lakh · spent ₹42.94 lakh · left ₹4.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.66 lakh · received ₹43.71 lakh · spent ₹58.11 lakh · left ₹8.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7568, 87.7107 —
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How this village compares
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