Chalka
Hirbandh block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722136
· village code 329106
Population 2011
633
Census of India
Population 2020
740
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.9%
107 people · 1.8% a year
Households
130
+5.7% vs 123 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
633
Male / female
330 / 303
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
103
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
206 / 126
Working population
283
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
93.6%
Households
123
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
Internet
No
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
65
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 5 / 7
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gopalpur panchayat, Hirbandh 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
₹43.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹60.70 lakh
Received directly
₹3.48 lakh
Spent
₹71.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.22 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹15.44 lakh · received ₹24.94 lakh · spent ₹28.25 lakh · left ₹15.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.22 lakh · received ₹35.75 lakh · spent ₹43.37 lakh · left ₹20.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0991, 86.7378 —
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