Bangkal is a village located about 16 km away from Seruyan Raya Subdistrict and 255 km away from the center of Seruyan Regency, Central Kalimantan. The total population of Bangkal in 2022 is around 4,765 with sex ratio male is 52.7% and female is 47.3%.
The various ethnic groups that inhabit the village of Bangkal are 65% of Dayak ethnic (Tomuan, Katingan, and Kuhin), 5% of Banjar ethnic, and 30% from the other ethnic groups. Bangkal Village is accessible by road and has basic infrastructure, including village road, trail, boat mooring, rural irrigation, school, post office, market with permanent building, and tourist destination (Rumah Bentang Cagar Budaya and Rungau River). In terms of educational background, Bangkal has the most educational institutions in Seruyan Raya Subdistrict with a total of 9 schools (5 elementary schools, 2 junior high schools, 1 senior high school, and 1 vocational high school).
Local communities in Bangkal mainly depend on agriculture. Most of the land in Bangkal Village is managed by the community for oil palm plantations and the remaining is developed for the agricultural sector on food crops and horticultural crops. The fishery potentials in the village are biawan fish (Helostoma temminckii), snakehead fish (Channa micropeltes), and catfish (Clariidae sp.).