Chapta
Pandua block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712147
· village code 324878
Population 2011
2,563
Census of India
Population 2020
3,090
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.6%
527 people · 2.1% a year
Households
532
-17.0% vs 641 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,563
Male / female
1,294 / 1,269
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
981
Children aged 0–6
265
Literacy rate
66.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
854 / 600
Working population
1,259
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
84.7%
Households
641
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 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
126
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
482
Non-farm households
49
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
34 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
34 / 18 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shikhirachanpta 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
₹39.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹50.39 lakh
Received directly
₹21,104
Spent
₹59.15 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.24 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.04 lakh · received ₹20.71 lakh · spent ₹24.14 lakh · left ₹10.62 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹25.75 lakh · received ₹29.68 lakh · spent ₹35.02 lakh · left ₹20.62 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0656, 88.3480 —
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