Balta
Hawalbag block · Almora
district, Uttarakhand · PIN 263601
· village code 53086
Population 2011
911
Census of India
Population 2020
1,245
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+36.7%
334 people · 3.5% a year
Households
224
+22.4% vs 183 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
911
Male / female
457 / 454
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
993
Children aged 0–6
102
Literacy rate
71.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
334 / 0
Working population
241
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
11.2%
Households
183
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
18
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
22 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 20 / 22
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balta panchayat, Hawalbag 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
₹4.94 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹6.16 lakh
Spent
₹5.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.95 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.73 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹3.43 lakh · left ₹1.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.21 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹1.72 lakh · left ₹4.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
29.6396, 79.6260 —
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