Pargaon
Sainthia block · Birbhum
district, West Bengal · PIN 731201
· village code 317279
Population 2011
718
Census of India
Population 2020
836
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.4%
118 people · 1.7% a year
Households
238
+46.0% vs 163 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
718
Male / female
349 / 369
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,057
Children aged 0–6
57
Literacy rate
75.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
178 / 0
Working population
263
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.8%
Households
163
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
42
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
178
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
84%
Net sown area
72 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
72 / 68 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sangra 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
₹43.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.49 lakh
Received directly
₹63,739
Spent
₹60.54 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.15 lakh · received ₹21.16 lakh · spent ₹23.88 lakh · left ₹18.07 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.73 lakh · received ₹30.33 lakh · spent ₹36.66 lakh · left ₹17.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.8559, 87.6505 —
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