Saragarya
Puncha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723151
· village code 331048
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 349 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 950 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
349
Male / female
175 / 174
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
994
Children aged 0–6
54
Literacy rate
69.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 63
Working population
187
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.9%
Households
76
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 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
70
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
45
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
465 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
465 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bagda panchayat, Puncha 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
₹25.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.98 lakh
Received directly
₹40,716
Spent
₹47.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹27.40 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.91 lakh · received ₹20.13 lakh · spent ₹16.30 lakh · left ₹13.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.97 lakh · received ₹28.85 lakh · spent ₹31.56 lakh · left ₹13.48 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 86.7097 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal