Pontba
Pandua block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712149
· village code 324797
Population 2011
4,237
Census of India
Population 2020
5,338
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.0%
1,101 people · 2.6% a year
Households
1,304
+30.4% vs 1,000 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,237
Male / female
2,096 / 2,141
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,021
Children aged 0–6
422
Literacy rate
69.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,579 / 1,367
Working population
1,770
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.2%
Households
1,000
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
195
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
600
Non-farm households
650
Share of households farming, 2020
48%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 32 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Simlagarhvitasin panchayat, Pandua 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
₹62.65 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹95.72 lakh
Received directly
₹1.01 lakh
Spent
₹1.12 crore
Unspent at year end
₹47.67 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.25 lakh · received ₹39.38 lakh · spent ₹36.87 lakh · left ₹21.77 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.40 lakh · received ₹56.34 lakh · spent ₹74.84 lakh · left ₹25.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0991, 88.2657 —
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