Sarama
Mejhia block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722143
· village code 326179
Population 2011
706
Census of India
Population 2020
851
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+20.5%
145 people · 2.1% a year
Households
162
+8.0% vs 150 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
706
Male / female
379 / 327
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
863
Children aged 0–6
87
Literacy rate
69.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
413 / 0
Working population
261
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
83.9%
Households
150
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
51
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
83
Non-farm households
75
Share of households farming, 2020
53%
Net sown area
310 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
310 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banjora panchayat, Mejhia 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
₹11.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹51.89 lakh
Received directly
₹13,262
Spent
₹42.64 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.57 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.97 lakh · received ₹16.44 lakh · spent ₹15.32 lakh · left ₹8.23 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹4.21 lakh · received ₹35.45 lakh · spent ₹27.32 lakh · left ₹12.34 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5135, 87.2246 —
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