Ray Band
Neturia block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723133
· village code 330382
Population 2011
2,092
Census of India
Population 2020
2,204
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.3%
112 people · 0.6% a year
Households
382
+6.7% vs 358 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,092
Male / female
1,073 / 1,019
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
950
Children aged 0–6
298
Literacy rate
56.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
415 / 395
Working population
628
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
29.5%
Households
358
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
112
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
126
Non-farm households
256
Share of households farming, 2020
33%
Net sown area
58 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
13 / 12 / 58
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Raibandh panchayat, Neturia 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
₹29.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.59 lakh
Received directly
₹48,106
Spent
₹69.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹22.05 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.71 lakh · received ₹25.31 lakh · spent ₹24.47 lakh · left ₹11.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.54 lakh · received ₹36.28 lakh · spent ₹44.81 lakh · left ₹11.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6396, 86.6594 —
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