Argara
Patrasayer block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722206
· village code 327651
Population 2011
708
Census of India
Population 2020
910
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.5%
202 people · 2.8% a year
Households
157
0.0% vs 157 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
708
Male / female
332 / 376
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,133
Children aged 0–6
105
Literacy rate
45.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
348 / 312
Working population
346
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.7%
Households
157
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
157
Non-farm households
0
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
60 / 10 / 5
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Birsingha panchayat, Patrasayer 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
₹18.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹46.00 lakh
Received directly
₹8,227
Spent
₹39.97 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹2.60 lakh · received ₹18.95 lakh · spent ₹12.17 lakh · left ₹9.45 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.80 lakh · received ₹27.06 lakh · spent ₹27.80 lakh · left ₹15.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 87.4939 —
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