Balabahiar
Jama block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814146
· village code 371660
Population 2011
830
Census of India
Population 2020
877
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.7%
47 people · 0.6% a year
Households
201
+16.9% vs 172 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
830
Male / female
421 / 409
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
971
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
51.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
11 / 768
Working population
482
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.3%
Households
172
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
310
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
155
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
185
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 40 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chiknia 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
₹18.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.83 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.73 lakh · received ₹4.33 lakh · spent ₹9.01 lakh · left ₹6.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.37 lakh · received ₹6.50 lakh · spent ₹10.09 lakh · left ₹3.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1441, 87.0573 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dumka district ·
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staffing across Dumka ·
…and across Jharkhand