Malam
Nayagram block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721159
· village code 340939
Population 2011
991
Census of India
Population 2020
993
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.2%
2 people · 0.0% a year
Households
235
0.0% vs 235 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
991
Male / female
505 / 486
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
962
Children aged 0–6
116
Literacy rate
64.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
233 / 42
Working population
477
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.8%
Households
235
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
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
66
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
125
Non-farm households
82
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
27 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
13 / 27 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Malam panchayat, Nayagram 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
₹25.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹39.47 lakh
Received directly
₹25,085
Spent
₹37.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.77 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.78 lakh · received ₹16.26 lakh · spent ₹10.41 lakh · left ₹9.88 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.84 lakh · received ₹23.21 lakh · spent ₹27.16 lakh · left ₹17.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0721, 87.1239 —
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