Bara Hankol
Jhalda-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723213
· village code 331460
Population 2011
1,747
Census of India
Population 2020
2,202
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.0%
455 people · 2.6% a year
Households
396
+24.9% vs 317 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,747
Male / female
900 / 847
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
941
Children aged 0–6
292
Literacy rate
38.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
173 / 11
Working population
671
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
28.5%
Households
317
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
No
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
222
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
56
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
24
Non-farm households
372
Share of households farming, 2020
6%
Net sown area
34 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
34 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chekya panchayat, Jhalda-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
₹55.58 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹40.16 lakh
Received directly
₹1.59 lakh
Spent
₹28.23 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹69.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.64 lakh · received ₹16.55 lakh · spent ₹4.58 lakh · left ₹35.83 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.94 lakh · received ₹23.62 lakh · spent ₹23.64 lakh · left ₹33.27 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4054, 86.0144 —
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