Malthol
Purulia-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723126
· village code 329936
Population 2011
3,289
Census of India
Population 2020
3,520
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.0%
231 people · 0.8% a year
Households
740
+8.2% vs 684 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,289
Male / female
1,670 / 1,619
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
969
Children aged 0–6
422
Literacy rate
53.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
689 / 2
Working population
1,385
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.8%
Households
684
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
170
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
24
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
230
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
70 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 10 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belma panchayat, Purulia-Ii 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
₹53.64 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹69.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹77.61 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.42 lakh · received ₹28.79 lakh · spent ₹33.03 lakh · left ₹16.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹33.21 lakh · received ₹41.17 lakh · spent ₹44.58 lakh · left ₹29.80 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4274, 86.4382 —
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