Chitra
Para block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723155
· village code 330058
Population 2011
2,449
Census of India
Population 2020
2,695
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
246 people · 1.1% a year
Households
645
+49.6% vs 431 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,449
Male / female
1,233 / 1,216
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
321
Literacy rate
57.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
491 / 0
Working population
906
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.6%
Households
431
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 nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
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
410
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
68
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
125
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 40 / 50
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Udaypur-Joynagar panchayat, Para 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
₹68.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹80.38 lakh
Received directly
₹1.07 lakh
Spent
₹84.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹64.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.18 lakh · received ₹33.07 lakh · spent ₹27.06 lakh · left ₹29.72 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹45.17 lakh · received ₹47.31 lakh · spent ₹57.82 lakh · left ₹35.20 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4955, 86.4464 —
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