Balenahalli
Hiriyur block · Chitradurga
district, Karnataka · PIN 577545
· village code 606086
Population 2011
1,053
Census of India
Population 2020
1,182
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.3%
129 people · 1.3% a year
Households
245
+10.4% vs 222 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,053
Male / female
504 / 549
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,089
Children aged 0–6
121
Literacy rate
66.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
294 / 22
Working population
443
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
43.6%
Households
222
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
58
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
200
Non-farm households
45
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 31
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gananaikanahally panchayat, Hiriyur 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
₹38.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹47.89 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹64.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.02 lakh · received ₹19.32 lakh · spent ₹26.76 lakh · left ₹4.58 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.64 lakh · received ₹28.57 lakh · spent ₹37.48 lakh · left ₹17.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.9640, 76.6248 —
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