Bahkal
Birsa block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481051
· village code 498169
Population 2011
2,405
Census of India
Population 2020
2,833
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+17.8%
428 people · 1.8% a year
Households
521
-8.8% vs 571 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,405
Male / female
1,201 / 1,204
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,002
Children aged 0–6
318
Literacy rate
63.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
40 / 270
Working population
1,319
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.6%
Households
571
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
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
155
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
501
Non-farm households
20
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
630 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
630 / 28 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bahkal panchayat, Birsa 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
₹14.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.30 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹9.29 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹16.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.08 lakh · received ₹4.52 lakh · spent ₹3.67 lakh · left ₹2.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.41 lakh · received ₹6.78 lakh · spent ₹5.62 lakh · left ₹13.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.0360, 80.7260 —
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