Lara
Kashipur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723130
· village code 330792
Population 2011
2,774
Census of India
Population 2020
3,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
326 people · 1.2% a year
Households
600
+2.9% vs 583 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,774
Male / female
1,397 / 1,377
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
328
Literacy rate
63.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,319 / 1,111
Working population
1,376
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.5%
Households
583
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
180
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
535
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
292 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
292 / 238 / 54
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonathali 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
₹32.22 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹55.78 lakh
Received directly
₹71,621
Spent
₹52.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹36.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.13 lakh · received ₹22.92 lakh · spent ₹22.58 lakh · left ₹12.19 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.09 lakh · received ₹32.86 lakh · spent ₹29.51 lakh · left ₹24.43 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3848, 86.7511 —
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