Phasko
Arsha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723201
· village code 331194
Population 2011
2,458
Census of India
Population 2020
2,355
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-4.2%
-103 people · -0.5% a year
Households
454
-0.7% vs 457 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,458
Male / female
1,244 / 1,214
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
508
Literacy rate
38.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
60 / 73
Working population
990
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
11.5%
Households
457
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
130
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
253
Non-farm households
201
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
0 / 1 / 25
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arsha 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
₹83.28 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹94.22 lakh
Received directly
₹1.52 lakh
Spent
₹1.17 crore
Unspent at year end
₹62.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹27.74 lakh · received ₹38.76 lakh · spent ₹42.23 lakh · left ₹25.79 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹55.54 lakh · received ₹55.46 lakh · spent ₹74.60 lakh · left ₹36.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2973, 86.1994 —
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