Balia
Jhargram block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721513
· village code 340059
Population 2011
531
Census of India
Population 2020
629
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.5%
98 people · 1.9% a year
Households
130
+6.6% vs 122 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
531
Male / female
244 / 287
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,176
Children aged 0–6
52
Literacy rate
66.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
75 / 5
Working population
299
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.7%
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
Yes
Public transport
Van
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
62
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
116
Non-farm households
14
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 20 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lodhasuli panchayat, Jhargram 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
₹44.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹50.99 lakh
Received directly
₹1.12 lakh
Spent
₹67.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.63 lakh · received ₹20.95 lakh · spent ₹17.85 lakh · left ₹10.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹38.20 lakh · received ₹30.03 lakh · spent ₹49.67 lakh · left ₹18.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4170, 87.3063 —
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