Bhalka Putimari
Dinhata-I block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736135
· village code 308519
Population 2011
925
Census of India
Population 2020
1,233
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+33.3%
308 people · 3.2% a year
Households
391
+64.3% vs 238 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
925
Male / female
477 / 448
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
939
Children aged 0–6
95
Literacy rate
74.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
428 / 0
Working population
361
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.8%
Households
238
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
84
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
290
Non-farm households
101
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 0 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Matalhat panchayat, Dinhata-I 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
₹59.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹82.63 lakh
Received directly
₹43,973
Spent
₹1.02 crore
Unspent at year end
₹40.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.24 lakh · received ₹33.96 lakh · spent ₹32.65 lakh · left ₹16.99 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.85 lakh · received ₹48.67 lakh · spent ₹69.47 lakh · left ₹23.05 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1802, 89.4063 —
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