Sholka Durgapur
Bongaon block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743701
· village code 322639
Population 2011
1,756
Census of India
Population 2020
1,775
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.1%
19 people · 0.1% a year
Households
447
+1.4% vs 441 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,756
Male / female
897 / 859
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
958
Children aged 0–6
191
Literacy rate
68.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
181 / 7
Working population
581
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.5%
Households
441
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
250
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
312
Non-farm households
135
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 100 / 54
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Palla panchayat, Bongaon 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
₹51.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.29 lakh
Received directly
₹72,944
Spent
₹93.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.26 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.25 lakh · received ₹30.94 lakh · spent ₹34.89 lakh · left ₹12.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.31 lakh · received ₹44.35 lakh · spent ₹58.43 lakh · left ₹22.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0450, 88.8176 —
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