Pakha
Nalhati-I block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731242
· village code 316228
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,343 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 3,675 — 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
1,343
Male / female
699 / 644
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
921
Children aged 0–6
173
Literacy rate
63.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
90 / 0
Working population
444
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
96.8%
Households
324
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
115
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
613
Non-farm households
263
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
73 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
73 / 50 / 10
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Barla panchayat, Nalhati-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
₹60.80 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹67.76 lakh
Received directly
₹35,471
Spent
₹64.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹64.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.27 lakh · received ₹27.85 lakh · spent ₹31.10 lakh · left ₹14.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.53 lakh · received ₹39.91 lakh · spent ₹32.98 lakh · left ₹50.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2523, 87.9216 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Birbhum district ·
School
staffing across Birbhum ·
…and across West Bengal