Ghorakata (P)
Kashipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723121
· village code 330637
Population 2011
354
Census of India
Population 2020
412
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.4%
58 people · 1.7% a year
Households
71
+20.3% vs 59 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
354
Male / female
182 / 172
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
39
Literacy rate
60.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 325
Working population
134
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.9%
Households
59
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>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
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 0 / 16
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gagnabad panchayat, Kashipur 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
₹54.09 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹52.21 lakh
Received directly
₹1.80 lakh
Spent
₹62.88 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹45.23 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.57 lakh · received ₹21.46 lakh · spent ₹18.47 lakh · left ₹11.36 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹47.52 lakh · received ₹30.76 lakh · spent ₹44.41 lakh · left ₹33.86 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4595, 86.7567 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
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