Barakala
Bundwan block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723129
· village code 332400
Population 2011
135
Census of India
Population 2020
150
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.1%
15 people · 1.2% a year
Households
29
-3.3% vs 30 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
135
Male / female
71 / 64
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
901
Children aged 0–6
18
Literacy rate
60.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 122
Working population
103
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.3%
Households
30
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
29
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
26 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
26 / 8 / 26
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kuilapal panchayat, Bundwan 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
₹27.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹26.89 lakh
Received directly
₹56,866
Spent
₹36.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.52 lakh · received ₹11.09 lakh · spent ₹12.00 lakh · left ₹7.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.36 lakh · received ₹15.80 lakh · spent ₹24.95 lakh · left ₹10.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8288, 86.6428 —
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staffing across Purulia ·
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