Malandighi

Kanksa block · Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal · PIN 713212 · village code 318824

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,590 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,130 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,590

Male / female

1,289 / 1,301

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,009

Children aged 0–6

287

Literacy rate

59.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,012 / 202

Working population

1,182

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

29.9%

Households

574

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

150

Non-farm households

100

Share of households farming, 2020

60%

Net sown area

260 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

260 / 178 / 260

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Molandighi panchayat, Kanksa 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

₹61.74 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹92.76 lakh

Received directly

₹20,199

Spent

₹1.24 crore

Unspent at year end

₹30.28 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹18.57 lakh · received ₹38.12 lakh · spent ₹51.89 lakh · left ₹4.80 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹43.17 lakh · received ₹54.64 lakh · spent ₹72.54 lakh · left ₹25.48 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.5495, 87.3861 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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