Balsokra
Chanho block · Ranchi
district, Jharkhand · PIN 835214
· village code 374218
Population 2011
5,518
Census of India
Population 2020
3,640
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-34.0%
-1,878 people · -4.5% a year
Households
163
-82.6% vs 936 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,518
Male / female
2,848 / 2,670
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
942
Literacy rate
64.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,050
Working population
2,054
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
74.4%
Households
936
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
360
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
152
Non-farm households
11
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balsokra panchayat, Chanho 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
₹21.52 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.80 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹25.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.56 lakh · received ₹4.32 lakh · spent ₹11.65 lakh · left ₹22,361
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.97 lakh · received ₹6.48 lakh · spent ₹14.10 lakh · left ₹6.35 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4955, 84.9926 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Ranchi district ·
School
staffing across Ranchi ·
…and across Jharkhand