Penchasimul
Chhatna block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722137
· village code 326416
Population 2011
525
Census of India
Population 2020
761
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.0%
236 people · 4.2% a year
Households
151
+30.2% vs 116 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
525
Male / female
279 / 246
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
882
Children aged 0–6
71
Literacy rate
50.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
169 / 0
Working population
193
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
71.5%
Households
116
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 0 / 60
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhunjka panchayat, Chhatna 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
₹69.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.70 lakh
Received directly
₹3.58 lakh
Spent
₹81.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹65.50 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹24.41 lakh · received ₹30.70 lakh · spent ₹16.04 lakh · left ₹42.65 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.78 lakh · received ₹44.00 lakh · spent ₹65.93 lakh · left ₹22.85 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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