Barkol
Old Malda block · Maldah
district, West Bengal · PIN 732128
· village code 313217
Population 2011
3,901
Census of India
Population 2020
4,910
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.9%
1,009 people · 2.6% a year
Households
875
+14.4% vs 765 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,901
Male / female
1,881 / 2,020
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,074
Children aged 0–6
668
Literacy rate
47.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
219 / 0
Working population
1,626
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.7%
Households
765
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
110
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
225
Non-farm households
400
Share of households farming, 2020
36%
Net sown area
0 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Mahisbathani panchayat, Old Malda 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
₹3.72 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.01 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹2.24 crore
Unspent at year end
₹2.49 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.59 crore · received ₹41.52 lakh · spent ₹1.06 crore · left ₹93.89 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.13 crore · received ₹59.41 lakh · spent ₹1.17 crore · left ₹1.55 crore
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1133, 88.1244 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Maldah ·
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