Charatala
Chapra block · Nadia
district, West Bengal · PIN 741123
· village code 321588
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 178 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,580 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
178
Male / female
96 / 82
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
854
Children aged 0–6
24
Literacy rate
71.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
70 / 0
Working population
55
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.9%
Households
41
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
1
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
1
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
8
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 1 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pipragachhi panchayat, Chapra 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
₹92.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.10 crore
Received directly
₹1.49 lakh
Spent
₹1.51 crore
Unspent at year end
₹53.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.17 lakh · received ₹45.41 lakh · spent ₹49.11 lakh · left ₹22.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹67.58 lakh · received ₹65.09 lakh · spent ₹1.02 crore · left ₹30.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6396, 88.5869 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Nadia district ·
School
staffing across Nadia ·
…and across West Bengal