Balichai
Polosara block · Ganjam
district, Odisha · PIN 761111
· village code 411379
Population 2011
2,583
Census of India
Population 2020
3,428
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+32.7%
845 people · 3.2% a year
Households
784
+31.5% vs 596 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,583
Male / female
1,301 / 1,282
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
985
Children aged 0–6
243
Literacy rate
64.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
201 / 0
Working population
989
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.9%
Households
596
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
269
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
428
Non-farm households
356
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
1,100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,100 / 800 / 300
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balichai panchayat, Polosara 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
₹19.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.49 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.26 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹9.68 lakh · left ₹4.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.04 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹9.81 lakh · left ₹12.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.6937, 84.8170 —
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