Shalchura
Neturia block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723133
· village code 330398
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 195 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 80 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
195
Male / female
94 / 101
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,074
Children aged 0–6
31
Literacy rate
39.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
15 / 150
Working population
42
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.8%
Households
38
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
2
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
23
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
30 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 30 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Guniara 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
₹26.55 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹42.84 lakh
Received directly
₹21,934
Spent
₹39.62 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹29.98 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.58 lakh · received ₹17.64 lakh · spent ₹12.94 lakh · left ₹11.50 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.97 lakh · received ₹25.19 lakh · spent ₹26.68 lakh · left ₹18.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.6036, 86.7142 —
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