Sargara
Puncha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723151
· village code 331070
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 841 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 450 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
841
Male / female
436 / 405
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
929
Children aged 0–6
83
Literacy rate
60.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
9 / 611
Working population
410
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.9%
Households
175
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
75
Non-farm households
1
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
60 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
9 / 60 / 1
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puncha 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
₹31.39 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.66 lakh
Received directly
₹12,046
Spent
₹56.69 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.48 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.31 lakh · received ₹23.70 lakh · spent ₹21.80 lakh · left ₹12.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.08 lakh · received ₹33.97 lakh · spent ₹34.89 lakh · left ₹20.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1712, 86.6472 —
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