Palan
Mohammad Bazar block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731127
· village code 316788
Population 2011
1,567
Census of India
Population 2020
1,680
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.2%
113 people · 0.8% a year
Households
405
+20.5% vs 336 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,567
Male / female
819 / 748
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
913
Children aged 0–6
273
Literacy rate
49.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
639 / 256
Working population
440
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.6%
Households
336
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
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
112
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
320
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 20 / 40
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Hinglow panchayat, Mohammad Bazar 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
₹9.00 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹40.35 lakh
Received directly
₹18,530
Spent
₹34.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.16 lakh · received ₹12.79 lakh · spent ₹15.20 lakh · left ₹5.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹83,193 · received ₹27.56 lakh · spent ₹19.58 lakh · left ₹8.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0721, 87.5411 —
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