Balu Bhang
Bariyatu block · Latehar
district, Jharkhand · PIN 829202
· village code 367430
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,429 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 6,650 — 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
2,429
Male / female
1,237 / 1,192
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
964
Children aged 0–6
503
Literacy rate
29.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,684 / 100
Working population
1,376
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.0%
Households
392
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
1-4 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
215
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
54
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
630
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 23 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balubhang panchayat, Bariyatu 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
₹12.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹14.37 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹26.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26,303
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹38,530 · received ₹5.75 lakh · spent ₹5.93 lakh · left ₹19,956
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.38 lakh · received ₹8.62 lakh · spent ₹20.93 lakh · left ₹6,347
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8919, 84.7977 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Latehar district ·
School
staffing across Latehar ·
…and across Jharkhand