Mahalchandni
Kanksa block · Paschim Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713148
· village code 318853
Population 2011
347
Census of India
Population 2020
560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+61.4%
213 people · 5.5% a year
Households
105
+41.9% vs 74 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
347
Male / female
197 / 150
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
761
Children aged 0–6
52
Literacy rate
61.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
18 / 7
Working population
123
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
2.4%
Households
74
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
90
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gopalpur 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
₹62.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.11 crore
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.12 crore
Unspent at year end
₹60.78 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.73 lakh · received ₹45.57 lakh · spent ₹32.26 lakh · left ₹27.04 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.45 lakh · received ₹65.32 lakh · spent ₹80.03 lakh · left ₹33.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4955, 87.3895 —
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