Palma
Puncha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723102
· village code 331107
Population 2011
1,925
Census of India
Population 2020
2,130
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.7%
205 people · 1.1% a year
Households
330
+1.5% vs 325 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,925
Male / female
958 / 967
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,009
Children aged 0–6
301
Literacy rate
53.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
313 / 584
Working population
832
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.8%
Households
325
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
180
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
60
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
5
Non-farm households
225
Share of households farming, 2020
2%
Net sown area
75 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
75 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Panipathar 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
₹22.72 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹44.25 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹42.27 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.80 lakh · received ₹18.22 lakh · spent ₹15.01 lakh · left ₹12.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.92 lakh · received ₹26.02 lakh · spent ₹27.26 lakh · left ₹12.69 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2432, 86.3606 —
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