Tongtala
Sandeshkhali-Ii block · 24 Paraganas North
district, West Bengal · PIN 743446
· village code 323882
Population 2011
1,759
Census of India
Population 2020
2,856
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+62.4%
1,097 people · 5.5% a year
Households
726
+72.5% vs 421 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,759
Male / female
902 / 857
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
203
Literacy rate
70.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,362 / 357
Working population
859
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.2%
Households
421
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
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
485
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
121
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
365
Non-farm households
256
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sandeshkhali panchayat, Sandeshkhali-Ii 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
₹85.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹64.03 lakh
Received directly
₹1.15 lakh
Spent
₹76.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹74.09 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹36.20 lakh · received ₹26.31 lakh · spent ₹37.45 lakh · left ₹26.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹49.43 lakh · received ₹37.71 lakh · spent ₹39.26 lakh · left ₹47.88 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3506, 88.8810 —
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