Balai
Sheo block · Barmer
district, Rajasthan · PIN 344701
· village code 86815
Population 2011
821
Census of India
Population 2020
1,320
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+60.8%
499 people · 5.4% a year
Households
510
+277.8% vs 135 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
821
Male / female
465 / 356
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
766
Children aged 0–6
165
Literacy rate
41.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
57 / 1
Working population
454
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.8%
Households
135
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
97%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
3 / 3 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balai panchayat, Sheo 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
₹33.76 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.55 lakh
Received directly
₹2.00 lakh
Spent
₹6.80 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.23 lakh · received ₹4.32 lakh · spent ₹5.00 lakh · left ₹18.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.53 lakh · received ₹3.23 lakh · spent ₹1.80 lakh · left ₹17.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2342, 71.2289 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Barmer district ·
School
staffing across Barmer ·
…and across Rajasthan