Gandhabazar alias Raghunathganj
Arsha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723154
· village code 331174
Population 2011
1,444
Census of India
Population 2020
1,517
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.1%
73 people · 0.5% a year
Households
280
+2.6% vs 273 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,444
Male / female
732 / 712
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
973
Children aged 0–6
212
Literacy rate
45.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
919 / 476
Working population
509
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.8%
Households
273
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
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
127
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
195
Non-farm households
35
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
153 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
153 / 5 / 26
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sirkabad panchayat, Arsha 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
₹1.56 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹92.93 lakh
Received directly
₹4.54 lakh
Spent
₹1.32 crore
Unspent at year end
₹1.21 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹60.51 lakh · received ₹38.23 lakh · spent ₹56.87 lakh · left ₹44.32 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹95.35 lakh · received ₹54.70 lakh · spent ₹75.38 lakh · left ₹76.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0090, 86.4253 —
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