Korang
Arsha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723153
· village code 331233
Population 2011
2,191
Census of India
Population 2020
2,380
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.6%
189 people · 0.9% a year
Households
400
0.0% vs 400 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,191
Male / female
1,112 / 1,079
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
970
Children aged 0–6
342
Literacy rate
49.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
91 / 941
Working population
1,243
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
73.4%
Households
400
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
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 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
7
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
2
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
12 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
12 / 10 / 3
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Puara 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
₹81.73 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.40 lakh
Received directly
₹1.93 lakh
Spent
₹77.93 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹72.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹31.22 lakh · received ₹27.29 lakh · spent ₹40.36 lakh · left ₹20.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50.51 lakh · received ₹39.11 lakh · spent ₹37.57 lakh · left ₹52.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2072, 86.3177 —
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