Balian (48)

Sherpur block · Sangrur district, Punjab · PIN 148106 · village code 39606

Population 2011

5,935

Census of India

Population 2020

5,947

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+0.2%

12 people · 0.0% a year

Households

1,205

+1.9% vs 1,182 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,935

Male / female

3,144 / 2,791

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

888

Children aged 0–6

639

Literacy rate

55.6%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

2,342 / 0

Working population

2,662

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

38.7%

Households

1,182

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

702

Non-farm households

503

Share of households farming, 2020

58%

Net sown area

300 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

300 / 300 / 100

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Balian panchayat, Sherpur 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

₹11.75 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹30.72 lakh

Received directly

₹5.92 lakh

Spent

₹11.29 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹37.11 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1.03 lakh · received ₹15.52 lakh · spent ₹7.50 lakh · left ₹14.98 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹10.72 lakh · received ₹15.20 lakh · spent ₹3.78 lakh · left ₹22.14 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

30.3924, 76.1853 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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