Barakala
Jhargram block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721517
· village code 339907
Population 2011
196
Census of India
Population 2020
176
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-10.2%
-20 people · -1.2% a year
Households
44
0.0% vs 44 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
196
Male / female
97 / 99
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
21
Literacy rate
70.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
71 / 0
Working population
62
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.0%
Households
44
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
3
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
2
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
38
Non-farm households
6
Share of households farming, 2020
86%
Net sown area
22 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
22 / 6 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chandri panchayat, Jhargram 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
₹33.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹36.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹45.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.39 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.52 lakh · received ₹15.22 lakh · spent ₹12.54 lakh · left ₹8.20 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.62 lakh · received ₹21.72 lakh · spent ₹33.15 lakh · left ₹16.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.5225, 86.8786 —
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