Bakalsa
Ketugram_i block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713132
· village code 319226
Population 2011
1,373
Census of India
Population 2020
1,744
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+27.0%
371 people · 2.7% a year
Households
390
+25.4% vs 311 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,373
Male / female
693 / 680
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
981
Children aged 0–6
161
Literacy rate
47.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
759 / 0
Working population
392
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.9%
Households
311
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
125
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
278
Non-farm households
103
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 35 / 36
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pandugram panchayat, Ketugram_i 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
₹57.96 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹67.34 lakh
Received directly
₹26,196
Spent
₹79.20 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.36 lakh · received ₹27.67 lakh · spent ₹30.34 lakh · left ₹21.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.60 lakh · received ₹39.67 lakh · spent ₹48.86 lakh · left ₹24.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6937, 87.9939 —
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