Bala

Wadhwan block · Surendranagar district, Gujarat · PIN 363030 · village code 512212

Change since 2011 is not available for this village. The 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey recorded a population of 2,804 — exactly the Census 2011 figure. That happens in about 15% of villages nationally, where the surveyor appears to have carried the old number forward rather than counting afresh. Showing “0% growth” here would be reporting a number nobody measured, so we don't. How we detect this.

Population (Census 2011)

2,804

Households 2020

623

surveyed separately, so usable

Census 2011

Total population

2,804

Male / female

1,432 / 1,372

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

958

Children aged 0–6

387

Literacy rate

63.2%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

131 / 6

Working population

1,283

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

71.6%

Households

538

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 5 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Van

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

297

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

470

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

87%

Net sown area

1,636 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,636 / 1,400 / 200

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bala panchayat, Wadhwan 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

₹29.99 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹12.19 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹3.46 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹38.72 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.91 lakh · received ₹4.88 lakh · spent ₹3.46 lakh · left ₹5.32 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹26.09 lakh · received ₹7.31 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹33.40 lakh

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

Location

22.7342, 71.6326 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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