Bhalai (42)
Saluni block · Chamba
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176308
· village code 7325
Population 2011
691
Census of India
Population 2020
660
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-4.5%
-31 people · -0.5% a year
Households
160
+25.0% vs 128 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
691
Male / female
324 / 367
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,133
Children aged 0–6
94
Literacy rate
66.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
158 / 0
Working population
534
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.3%
Households
128
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
80
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
146
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
4 / 4 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhalei panchayat, Salooni 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
₹8.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹9.89 lakh
Received directly
₹1.20 lakh
Spent
₹6.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.09 lakh · received ₹4.09 lakh · spent ₹2.30 lakh · left ₹3.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.56 lakh · received ₹5.81 lakh · spent ₹4.21 lakh · left ₹9.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
32.6126, 75.9366 —
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