Chitra
Kashipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723130
· village code 330784
Population 2011
1,771
Census of India
Population 2020
1,982
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.9%
211 people · 1.3% a year
Households
380
+8.0% vs 352 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,771
Male / female
897 / 874
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
974
Children aged 0–6
201
Literacy rate
65.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
13 / 781
Working population
1,035
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.1%
Households
352
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
408
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
58
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
215
Non-farm households
165
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 35
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Agardi-Chitra 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
₹33.69 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹55.81 lakh
Received directly
₹62,866
Spent
₹58.03 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.92 lakh · received ₹22.94 lakh · spent ₹21.53 lakh · left ₹12.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.78 lakh · received ₹32.87 lakh · spent ₹36.50 lakh · left ₹19.15 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3333, 86.7330 —
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