Puari Kala

Harahua block · Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 221202 · village code 208773

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 9,282 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 25,500 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

9,282

Male / female

4,726 / 4,556

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

964

Children aged 0–6

1,335

Literacy rate

63.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

1,763 / 1

Working population

3,280

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

49.8%

Households

1,508

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

<50% habitation covered

All-weather road

Public transport nearest 2 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

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

350

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

3,200

Non-farm households

1,045

Share of households farming, 2020

75%

Net sown area

1,450 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

1,450 / 2 / 5

Main irrigation source

Canals

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Puari Kala panchayat, Harahua 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

₹5.91 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹32.93 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹30.51 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹8.33 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹1,819 · received ₹13.17 lakh · spent ₹9.83 lakh · left ₹3.36 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹5.89 lakh · received ₹19.76 lakh · spent ₹20.68 lakh · left ₹4.97 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

25.4547, 82.9251 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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