Paraj
Galsi -I block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713403
· village code 319908
Population 2011
5,560
Census of India
Population 2020
6,020
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.3%
460 people · 0.9% a year
Households
1,300
+0.5% vs 1,293 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,560
Male / female
2,852 / 2,708
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
608
Literacy rate
69.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,972 / 191
Working population
2,347
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.7%
Households
1,293
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
450
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
680
Non-farm households
620
Share of households farming, 2020
52%
Net sown area
787 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
787 / 86 / 700
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Paraj panchayat, Galsi -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
₹48.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹79.62 lakh
Received directly
₹77,438
Spent
₹77.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹51.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.04 lakh · received ₹32.72 lakh · spent ₹29.97 lakh · left ₹19.57 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹32.37 lakh · received ₹46.90 lakh · spent ₹47.17 lakh · left ₹32.10 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3694, 87.6006 —
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