Bhaluka
Amdanga block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743145
· village code 322986
Population 2011
3,830
Census of India
Population 2020
4,099
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.0%
269 people · 0.8% a year
Households
898
+1.1% vs 888 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,830
Male / female
1,939 / 1,891
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
975
Children aged 0–6
370
Literacy rate
71.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,341 / 504
Working population
1,558
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.7%
Households
888
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
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
102
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
131
Non-farm households
112
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
70 / 102 / 100
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Maricha panchayat, Amdanga 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
₹24.78 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹81.70 lakh
Received directly
₹60,865
Spent
₹71.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.59 lakh · received ₹25.83 lakh · spent ₹28.94 lakh · left ₹13.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.18 lakh · received ₹55.87 lakh · spent ₹42.82 lakh · left ₹22.23 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.9189, 88.5391 —
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