Bhamal
Sankrail block · Jhargram
district, West Bengal · PIN 721135
· village code 341359
Population 2011
1,161
Census of India
Population 2020
1,400
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.6%
239 people · 2.1% a year
Households
351
+45.0% vs 242 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,161
Male / female
586 / 575
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
981
Children aged 0–6
134
Literacy rate
57.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
202 / 651
Working population
483
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.4%
Households
242
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
155
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
308
Non-farm households
43
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
51 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
51 / 32 / 5
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sankrail panchayat, Sankrail 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
₹30.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹46.16 lakh
Received directly
₹20,269
Spent
₹50.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.11 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.98 lakh · received ₹19.01 lakh · spent ₹21.66 lakh · left ₹9.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.90 lakh · received ₹27.15 lakh · spent ₹28.47 lakh · left ₹17.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2162, 87.1353 —
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