Petla
Dinhata-I block · Coochbehar
district, West Bengal · PIN 736135
· village code 308497
Population 2011
5,780
Census of India
Population 2020
6,482
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.2%
702 people · 1.3% a year
Households
1,325
+3.8% vs 1,276 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,780
Male / female
2,941 / 2,839
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
965
Children aged 0–6
785
Literacy rate
62.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,406 / 0
Working population
2,234
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.5%
Households
1,276
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
360
Teachers
9
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,008
Non-farm households
317
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
250 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
250 / 35 / 31
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Petla panchayat, Dinhata-I 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
₹65.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.00 crore
Received directly
₹1.40 lakh
Spent
₹1.38 crore
Unspent at year end
₹29.38 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.43 lakh · received ₹41.19 lakh · spent ₹50.00 lakh · left ₹14.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.95 lakh · received ₹58.94 lakh · spent ₹87.54 lakh · left ₹14.79 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1396, 89.4631 —
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