Payan
Polba-Dadpur block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712409
· village code 325279
Population 2011
927
Census of India
Population 2020
2,006
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+116.4%
1,079 people · 9.0% a year
Households
500
+139.2% vs 209 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
927
Male / female
489 / 438
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
896
Children aged 0–6
94
Literacy rate
62.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
761 / 0
Working population
401
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
80.8%
Households
209
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
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
450
Teachers
10
Students per teacher
45
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
400 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 400 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Harit panchayat, Polba-Dadpur 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
₹73.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹90.00 lakh
Received directly
₹1.28 lakh
Spent
₹1.25 crore
Unspent at year end
₹39.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.14 lakh · received ₹37.03 lakh · spent ₹45.57 lakh · left ₹20.87 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.56 lakh · received ₹52.97 lakh · spent ₹79.72 lakh · left ₹18.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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