Palma
Hura block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723104
· village code 330880
Population 2011
865
Census of India
Population 2020
891
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.0%
26 people · 0.3% a year
Households
202
+4.7% vs 193 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
865
Male / female
435 / 430
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
989
Children aged 0–6
137
Literacy rate
60.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
418 / 17
Working population
328
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
51.8%
Households
193
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
156
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
142
Non-farm households
60
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
27 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
27 / 17 / 11
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Lakhanpur panchayat, Hura 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
₹52.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹50.35 lakh
Received directly
₹76,570
Spent
₹76.51 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.84 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹17.69 lakh · received ₹20.69 lakh · spent ₹30.50 lakh · left ₹8.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹34.55 lakh · received ₹29.66 lakh · spent ₹46.01 lakh · left ₹18.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.3153, 86.6035 —
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