Balso
Barakot block · Champawat
district, Uttarakhand · PIN 262525
· village code 54218
Population 2011
654
Census of India
Population 2020
588
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-10.1%
-66 people · -1.2% a year
Households
96
-32.9% vs 143 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
654
Male / female
281 / 373
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,327
Children aged 0–6
91
Literacy rate
64.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
58 / 0
Working population
373
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.5%
Households
143
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
10
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
26
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
104 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
104 / 104 / 104
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balsaun panchayat, Barakot 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
₹5.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹4.10 lakh
Spent
₹5.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.54 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.45 lakh · left ₹1.25 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.12 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.84 lakh · left ₹3.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
29.4317, 80.0525 —
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staffing across Champawat ·
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