Mahabala
Chandrakona-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721232
· village code 337417
Population 2011
1,706
Census of India
Population 2020
1,821
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.7%
115 people · 0.7% a year
Households
410
+12.3% vs 365 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,706
Male / female
898 / 808
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
900
Children aged 0–6
221
Literacy rate
72.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
556
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.6%
Households
365
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
117
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
98%
Net sown area
80 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
80 / 20 / 23
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Manikkundu panchayat, Chandrakona-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
₹33.27 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.12 lakh
Received directly
₹53,168
Spent
₹66.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.12 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.56 lakh · received ₹23.47 lakh · spent ₹19.50 lakh · left ₹11.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.71 lakh · received ₹33.65 lakh · spent ₹47.30 lakh · left ₹12.21 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7387, 87.6014 —
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