Balkuwe
Shirpur block · Dhule
district, Maharashtra · PIN 425427
· village code 525979
Population 2011
2,345
Census of India
Population 2020
2,412
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.9%
67 people · 0.3% a year
Households
610
+14.7% vs 532 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,345
Male / female
1,228 / 1,117
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
248
Literacy rate
68.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
134 / 183
Working population
1,365
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.7%
Households
532
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
81
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
310
Non-farm households
300
Share of households farming, 2020
51%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 100 / 56
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balkuve panchayat, Shirpur 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
₹39.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.92 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹8.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.63 lakh · received ₹4.37 lakh · spent ₹4.38 lakh · left ₹17.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.06 lakh · received ₹6.55 lakh · spent ₹4.49 lakh · left ₹24.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.4234, 74.8278 —
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