Balagunda
Somvarpet block · Kodagu
district, Karnataka · PIN 571236
· village code 617936
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,676 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,156 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
3,676
Male / female
1,746 / 1,930
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,105
Children aged 0–6
391
Literacy rate
70.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
764 / 58
Working population
2,016
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
4.4%
Households
904
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
45
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
9
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belur panchayat, Somvarpet 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
₹47.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.27 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹44.30 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.74 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.79 lakh · received ₹6.91 lakh · spent ₹18.02 lakh · left ₹1.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.98 lakh · received ₹10.36 lakh · spent ₹26.29 lakh · left ₹19.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
12.5766, 75.8377 —
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