Mala
Bolpur-Sriniketan block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731236
· village code 317903
Population 2011
494
Census of India
Population 2020
427
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-13.6%
-67 people · -1.6% a year
Households
131
+4.0% vs 126 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
494
Male / female
256 / 238
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
54
Literacy rate
60.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 212
Working population
235
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.3%
Households
126
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
69
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
110
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 21 / 0
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kasba panchayat, Bolpur-Sriniketan 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
₹33.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.12 lakh
Received directly
₹36,172
Spent
₹82.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.81 lakh · received ₹28.81 lakh · spent ₹30.94 lakh · left ₹10.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.02 lakh · received ₹41.30 lakh · spent ₹51.94 lakh · left ₹10.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.7140, 87.6688 —
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