Balgo
Bengabad block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351735
Population 2011
471
Census of India
Population 2020
535
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.6%
64 people · 1.4% a year
Households
115
+5.5% vs 109 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
471
Male / female
236 / 235
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
996
Children aged 0–6
87
Literacy rate
52.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
174
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
48.3%
Households
109
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
No
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
112
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
37
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
75
Non-farm households
26
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonbad panchayat, Bengabad 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
₹16.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.07 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.74 lakh · received ₹4.03 lakh · spent ₹12.26 lakh · left ₹1.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.12 lakh · received ₹6.04 lakh · spent ₹11.08 lakh · left ₹2.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3063, 86.3576 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Giridih ·
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