Palshara
Chhatna block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722137
· village code 326495
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,708 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 655 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,708
Male / female
878 / 830
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
211
Literacy rate
55.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
363 / 731
Working population
833
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
46.0%
Households
370
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
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
41
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
55
Non-farm households
18
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
6 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
6 / 1 / 1
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arrah 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
₹69.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.13 lakh
Received directly
₹4.38 lakh
Spent
₹1.09 crore
Unspent at year end
₹52.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.51 lakh · received ₹36.22 lakh · spent ₹35.44 lakh · left ₹19.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.72 lakh · received ₹51.91 lakh · spent ₹73.33 lakh · left ₹33.67 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3102, 86.9638 —
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Nearby villages
Palashi
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bankura district ·
School
staffing across Bankura ·
…and across West Bengal