Kamala
Naxal Bari block · Darjeeling
district, West Bengal · PIN 734429
· village code 306585
Population 2011
4,908
Census of India
Population 2020
6,940
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+41.4%
2,032 people · 3.9% a year
Households
1,230
+34.3% vs 916 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,908
Male / female
2,513 / 2,395
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
953
Children aged 0–6
711
Literacy rate
53.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
576 / 177
Working population
1,371
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
30.3%
Households
916
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
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
890
Teachers
11
Students per teacher
81
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
190
Non-farm households
1,040
Share of households farming, 2020
15%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 25 / 23
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Nakshalbari panchayat, Naxal Bari 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
₹74.68 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.08 crore
Received directly
₹39,547
Spent
₹1.35 crore
Unspent at year end
₹47.97 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.79 lakh · received ₹44.25 lakh · spent ₹50.78 lakh · left ₹16.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹51.90 lakh · received ₹63.43 lakh · spent ₹84.01 lakh · left ₹31.31 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.6847, 88.1853 —
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