Balana (338)
Bhattiyat block · Chamba
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176207
· village code 7702
Population 2011
959
Census of India
Population 2020
1,279
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.4%
320 people · 3.3% a year
Households
320
+50.9% vs 212 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
959
Male / female
471 / 488
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,036
Children aged 0–6
110
Literacy rate
70.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
179 / 230
Working population
454
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
69.4%
Households
212
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
26
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
7
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
315
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balana panchayat, Bhatiyat 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
₹7.10 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.89 lakh
Received directly
₹2.29 lakh
Spent
₹4.94 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.36 lakh · received ₹3.26 lakh · spent ₹2.17 lakh · left ₹5.51 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.74 lakh · received ₹4.63 lakh · spent ₹2.77 lakh · left ₹6.83 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
32.2703, 76.1389 —
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Nearby villages
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compare · Bakhat Pur (47)
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compare · Balli (339)
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How this village compares
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population changes in Chamba district ·
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staffing across Chamba ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh