Balbala
Jamua block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815318
· village code 351284
Population 2011
1,472
Census of India
Population 2020
2,250
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+52.9%
778 people · 4.8% a year
Households
235
-0.8% vs 237 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,472
Male / female
783 / 689
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
880
Children aged 0–6
262
Literacy rate
55.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
67 / 0
Working population
634
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.6%
Households
237
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
25
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
13
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
20 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jaridih panchayat, Jamua 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
₹18.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.71 lakh
Received directly
₹67,678
Spent
₹7.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.63 lakh · received ₹5.08 lakh · spent ₹3.36 lakh · left ₹7.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.43 lakh · received ₹7.63 lakh · spent ₹4.56 lakh · left ₹16.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3784, 86.1496 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Giridih district ·
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staffing across Giridih ·
…and across Jharkhand