Makalhati
Jagatballavpur block · Howrah
district, West Bengal · PIN 711414
· village code 332763
Population 2011
3,827
Census of India
Population 2020
3,685
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-3.7%
-142 people · -0.4% a year
Households
700
-12.9% vs 804 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,827
Male / female
2,008 / 1,819
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
906
Children aged 0–6
429
Literacy rate
77.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
212 / 0
Working population
1,414
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
31.1%
Households
804
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
290
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
41
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
350
Share of households farming, 2020
46%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
150 / 20 / 10
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Polegustia panchayat, Jagatballavpur 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
₹51.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.25 lakh
Received directly
₹51,439
Spent
₹76.73 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.13 lakh · received ₹26.40 lakh · spent ₹32.37 lakh · left ₹15.43 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.75 lakh · received ₹37.85 lakh · spent ₹44.36 lakh · left ₹24.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5946, 88.0754 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Howrah district ·
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staffing across Howrah ·
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