Sotkhali
Bhatar block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713125
· village code 319820
Population 2011
1,161
Census of India
Population 2020
1,177
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.4%
16 people · 0.2% a year
Households
268
+1.5% vs 264 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,161
Male / female
590 / 571
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
968
Children aged 0–6
123
Literacy rate
67.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
318 / 258
Working population
573
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
66.5%
Households
264
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre
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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
93 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
93 / 93 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhatar panchayat, Bhatar 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
₹46.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹89.47 lakh
Received directly
₹31,554
Spent
₹90.59 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.40 lakh · received ₹36.77 lakh · spent ₹31.38 lakh · left ₹22.11 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹30.03 lakh · received ₹52.70 lakh · spent ₹59.21 lakh · left ₹23.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4780, 87.9230 —
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