Balu
Kanke block · Ranchi
district, Jharkhand · PIN 834006
· village code 373490
Population 2011
1,100
Census of India
Population 2020
1,276
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.0%
176 people · 1.7% a year
Households
1,276
+488.0% vs 217 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,100
Male / female
578 / 522
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
181
Literacy rate
70.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
141 / 231
Working population
603
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.9%
Households
217
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
1
Teachers
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
318
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 80 / 40
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kokdoro panchayat, Kanke 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
₹15.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.26 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.35 lakh · received ₹4.50 lakh · spent ₹8.55 lakh · left ₹1.31 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.17 lakh · received ₹6.76 lakh · spent ₹15.43 lakh · left ₹1.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5315, 85.2910 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Ranchi district ·
School
staffing across Ranchi ·
…and across Jharkhand