Balkand
Manjhari block · West Singhbhum
district, Jharkhand · PIN 833201
· village code 378238
Population 2011
1,262
Census of India
Population 2020
1,450
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.9%
188 people · 1.6% a year
Households
350
+69.1% vs 207 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,262
Male / female
621 / 641
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,032
Children aged 0–6
222
Literacy rate
43.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
92 / 1,084
Working population
858
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.7%
Households
207
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
—
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
57
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
57
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
350
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
144 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
144 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pilka panchayat, Manjhari 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
₹21.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.45 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹20.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.13 lakh · received ₹4.98 lakh · spent ₹12.85 lakh · left ₹26,063
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.50 lakh · received ₹7.47 lakh · spent ₹7.84 lakh · left ₹13.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3423, 85.9282 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across West Singhbhum ·
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