Chepra
Purulia-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723148
· village code 329975
Population 2011
2,508
Census of India
Population 2020
2,783
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.0%
275 people · 1.2% a year
Households
470
+0.6% vs 467 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,508
Male / female
1,265 / 1,243
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
983
Children aged 0–6
487
Literacy rate
47.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
748 / 0
Working population
923
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
24.2%
Households
467
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
120
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
20
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
410
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
204 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
204 / 25 / 23
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhangra 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
₹15.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹71.78 lakh
Received directly
₹51,134
Spent
₹57.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.95 lakh · received ₹22.69 lakh · spent ₹20.68 lakh · left ₹12.47 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.82 lakh · received ₹49.08 lakh · spent ₹36.71 lakh · left ₹18.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 86.3602 —
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