Bakkal (147)
Mehla block · Chamba
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176311
· village code 7904
Population 2011
392
Census of India
Population 2020
516
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.6%
124 people · 3.1% a year
Households
108
+38.5% vs 78 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
392
Male / female
205 / 187
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
912
Children aged 0–6
47
Literacy rate
55.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 63
Working population
342
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.9%
Households
78
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 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
30
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
65
Non-farm households
42
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
315 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
315 / 41 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Radi panchayat, Mehla 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
₹26.31 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.08 lakh
Received directly
₹4.36 lakh
Spent
₹6.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹37.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.21 lakh · received ₹5.41 lakh · spent ₹2.30 lakh · left ₹20.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.09 lakh · received ₹7.67 lakh · spent ₹3.97 lakh · left ₹16.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
32.4892, 76.1760 —
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How this village compares
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