Balakot
Damoh block · Damoh
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 470672
· village code 462318
Population 2011
2,910
Census of India
Population 2020
4,849
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+66.6%
1,939 people · 5.8% a year
Households
910
+41.7% vs 642 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,910
Male / female
1,552 / 1,358
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
875
Children aged 0–6
469
Literacy rate
56.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
408 / 409
Working population
1,318
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.5%
Households
642
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
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
380
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
380
Non-farm households
460
Share of households farming, 2020
45%
Net sown area
643 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
643 / 643 / 201
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balakot panchayat, Damoh 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
₹14.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹7.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.27 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.56 lakh · received ₹2.77 lakh · spent ₹5.99 lakh · left ₹7.34 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.08 lakh · received ₹4.16 lakh · spent ₹1.31 lakh · left ₹6.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6937, 79.3361 —
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How this village compares
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