Balko
Taljhari block · Sahebganj
district, Jharkhand · PIN 816129
· village code 359007
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 38 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 98 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
38
Male / female
18 / 20
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,111
Children aged 0–6
10
Literacy rate
34.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 36
Working population
18
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
33.3%
Households
8
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
22
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhatbhanga Santhali panchayat, Taljhari 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
₹25.29 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.44 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.21 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.97 lakh · received ₹4.58 lakh · spent ₹12.52 lakh · left ₹3.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.33 lakh · received ₹6.87 lakh · spent ₹13.69 lakh · left ₹7.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.0767, 87.7391 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Sahebganj district ·
School
staffing across Sahebganj ·
…and across Jharkhand