Ballam
Barkote block · Deogarh
district, Odisha · PIN 768108
· village code 382766
Population 2011
2,820
Census of India
Population 2020
4,155
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+47.3%
1,335 people · 4.4% a year
Households
1,468
+112.5% vs 691 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,820
Male / female
1,446 / 1,374
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
347
Literacy rate
63.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
475 / 352
Working population
1,727
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.3%
Households
691
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
No
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
198
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
360
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 150 / 153
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balam panchayat, Barkote 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
₹17.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹3.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.52 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹2.99 lakh · left ₹8.05 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.49 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹43,490 · left ₹21.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.4820, 84.8432 —
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