Gara
Chhatna block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722736
· village code 326601
Population 2011
962
Census of India
Population 2020
1,090
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.3%
128 people · 1.4% a year
Households
222
+5.7% vs 210 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
962
Male / female
496 / 466
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
940
Children aged 0–6
97
Literacy rate
66.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
238 / 0
Working population
380
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
18.4%
Households
210
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
40
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
42
Share of households farming, 2020
81%
Net sown area
87 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
87 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Metyala 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
₹75.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.91 lakh
Received directly
₹1.32 lakh
Spent
₹1.01 crore
Unspent at year end
₹42.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25.33 lakh · received ₹27.50 lakh · spent ₹39.88 lakh · left ₹14.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹49.86 lakh · received ₹39.41 lakh · spent ₹61.00 lakh · left ₹28.28 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2572, 86.8337 —
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