Balwa
Jama block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814118
· village code 371581
Population 2011
8
Census of India
Population 2020
10
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.0%
2 people · 2.5% a year
Households
2
+100.0% vs 1 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8
Male / female
5 / 3
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
600
Children aged 0–6
2
Literacy rate
50.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
6
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.0%
Households
1
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
5 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5 / 3 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Siktia panchayat, Jama 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
₹11.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.16 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹13.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.98 lakh · received ₹4.06 lakh · spent ₹6.25 lakh · left ₹3.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.83 lakh · received ₹6.09 lakh · spent ₹7.56 lakh · left ₹4.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2373, 87.0093 —
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population changes in Dumka district ·
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staffing across Dumka ·
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