Laharia
Puncha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723151
· village code 331089
Population 2011
1,883
Census of India
Population 2020
1,950
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.6%
67 people · 0.4% a year
Households
455
+13.2% vs 402 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,883
Male / female
989 / 894
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
904
Children aged 0–6
203
Literacy rate
67.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
504 / 378
Working population
1,011
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
65.4%
Households
402
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
101
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
315
Non-farm households
110
Share of households farming, 2020
74%
Net sown area
35 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
35 / 9 / 11
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chirudihi 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
₹40.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹58.39 lakh
Received directly
₹69,637
Spent
₹63.95 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹35.63 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.33 lakh · received ₹24.00 lakh · spent ₹24.62 lakh · left ₹14.41 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.16 lakh · received ₹34.40 lakh · spent ₹39.33 lakh · left ₹21.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1880, 86.7494 —
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