Balma
Chamba block · Tehri Garhwal
district, Uttarakhand · PIN 249001
· village code 43965
Population 2011
244
Census of India
Population 2020
249
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.0%
5 people · 0.2% a year
Households
59
+1.7% vs 58 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
244
Male / female
108 / 136
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,259
Children aged 0–6
32
Literacy rate
66.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
112 / 0
Working population
182
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.6%
Households
58
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
15
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
33
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 3 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balma panchayat, Chamba 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
₹3.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹2.68 lakh
Spent
₹2.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.82 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.37 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.20 lakh · left ₹1.24 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.23 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.26 lakh · left ₹2.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
30.2523, 78.4493 —
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