Potna
Galsi -I block · Purba Bardhaman
district, West Bengal · PIN 713406
· village code 319936
Population 2011
1,873
Census of India
Population 2020
1,942
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.7%
69 people · 0.4% a year
Households
431
-2.7% vs 443 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,873
Male / female
926 / 947
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,023
Children aged 0–6
176
Literacy rate
61.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
862 / 131
Working population
972
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.9%
Households
443
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
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
121
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
366
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
405 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
405 / 32 / 373
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Potna-Pursa 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
₹30.07 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹72.49 lakh
Received directly
₹79,235
Spent
₹75.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.04 lakh · received ₹22.92 lakh · spent ₹30.74 lakh · left ₹8.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.03 lakh · received ₹49.57 lakh · spent ₹45.03 lakh · left ₹19.56 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3694, 87.6595 —
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