Mahishal
Gazole block · Maldah
district, West Bengal · PIN 732124
· village code 312748
Population 2011
1,806
Census of India
Population 2020
2,014
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.5%
208 people · 1.2% a year
Households
503
+37.4% vs 366 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,806
Male / female
912 / 894
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
980
Children aged 0–6
237
Literacy rate
54.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,332 / 2
Working population
983
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.7%
Households
366
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
62
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
53
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
500 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
20 / 30 / 500
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Salaidanga panchayat, Gazole 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
₹90.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.07 crore
Received directly
₹1.14 lakh
Spent
₹1.39 crore
Unspent at year end
₹59.80 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.14 lakh · received ₹43.90 lakh · spent ₹53.51 lakh · left ₹19.67 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹62.50 lakh · received ₹62.82 lakh · spent ₹85.18 lakh · left ₹40.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2252, 88.2737 —
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