Balakpondi
Dharamjaigarh block · Raigarh
district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 496118
· village code 434422
Population 2011
1,810
Census of India
Population 2020
2,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.5%
190 people · 1.1% a year
Households
500
+23.5% vs 405 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,810
Male / female
874 / 936
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,071
Children aged 0–6
255
Literacy rate
54.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
168 / 1,113
Working population
1,053
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.8%
Households
405
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
95
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
48
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
40
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
550 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
550 / 36 / 250
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balakpodi panchayat, Dharamjaigarh 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
₹16.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.91 lakh
Received directly
₹4.23 lakh
Spent
₹16.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.02 lakh · received ₹1.65 lakh · spent ₹5.68 lakh · left ₹3.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.28 lakh · received ₹7.26 lakh · spent ₹10.97 lakh · left ₹9.09 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.4505, 83.2072 —
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