Alkusa
Para block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723145
· village code 330083
Population 2011
1,069
Census of India
Population 2020
1,170
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+9.4%
101 people · 1.0% a year
Households
212
+7.1% vs 198 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,069
Male / female
562 / 507
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
902
Children aged 0–6
126
Literacy rate
62.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
718 / 0
Working population
343
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
21.3%
Households
198
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
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
30
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
160
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
104 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
104 / 104 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dubra 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
₹56.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹88.33 lakh
Received directly
₹93,946
Spent
₹91.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹54.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.52 lakh · received ₹36.34 lakh · spent ₹26.42 lakh · left ₹19.38 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.76 lakh · received ₹51.99 lakh · spent ₹64.98 lakh · left ₹34.77 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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