Penchara
Puncha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723102
· village code 331109
Population 2011
2,614
Census of India
Population 2020
3,035
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+16.1%
421 people · 1.7% a year
Households
490
+4.9% vs 467 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,614
Male / female
1,344 / 1,270
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
945
Children aged 0–6
366
Literacy rate
58.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
246 / 290
Working population
1,514
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.1%
Households
467
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
270
Teachers
63
Students per teacher
4
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
230
Net sown area
270 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
270 / 0 / 15
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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staffing across Purulia ·
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