Gorala
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731234
· village code 317217
Population 2011
676
Census of India
Population 2020
878
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.9%
202 people · 2.9% a year
Households
194
+16.2% vs 167 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
676
Male / female
358 / 318
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
888
Children aged 0–6
87
Literacy rate
51.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
557 / 0
Working population
333
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.3%
Households
167
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school
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 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
160
Non-farm households
34
Share of households farming, 2020
82%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 25 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Horisara panchayat, Sainthia 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
₹53.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹65.00 lakh
Received directly
₹61,538
Spent
₹81.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.33 lakh · received ₹26.71 lakh · spent ₹35.38 lakh · left ₹14.28 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹31.49 lakh · received ₹38.29 lakh · spent ₹45.61 lakh · left ₹24.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9831, 87.6822 —
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