Palash Pahari
Santuri block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723133
· village code 330585
Population 2011
242
Census of India
Population 2020
350
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+44.6%
108 people · 4.2% a year
Households
55
+14.6% vs 48 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
242
Male / female
119 / 123
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,034
Children aged 0–6
16
Literacy rate
39.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
72 / 146
Working population
138
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.7%
Households
48
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
30
Teachers
1
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
30 / 60 / 10
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Garsika panchayat, Santuri 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
₹36.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹44.89 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹33.37 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.18 lakh · received ₹18.49 lakh · spent ₹20.27 lakh · left ₹8.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.15 lakh · received ₹26.40 lakh · spent ₹27.59 lakh · left ₹24.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.5135, 86.8709 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Purulia district ·
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staffing across Purulia ·
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