Chargali
Purulia-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723149
· village code 329909
Population 2011
2,259
Census of India
Population 2020
2,695
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.3%
436 people · 2.0% a year
Households
469
+21.8% vs 385 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,259
Male / female
1,134 / 1,125
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
992
Children aged 0–6
416
Literacy rate
50.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
328 / 0
Working population
1,017
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
34.5%
Households
385
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
251
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
363
Non-farm households
97
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
260 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
260 / 1 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ghonga panchayat, Purulia-Ii 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
₹42.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹97.48 lakh
Received directly
₹1.96 lakh
Spent
₹88.43 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹53.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.10 lakh · received ₹30.85 lakh · spent ₹36.95 lakh · left ₹23.96 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹14.80 lakh · received ₹66.63 lakh · spent ₹51.47 lakh · left ₹29.96 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3958, 86.3478 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
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staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal