Puara
Arsha block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723153
· village code 331236
Population 2011
3,900
Census of India
Population 2020
4,201
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.7%
301 people · 0.8% a year
Households
679
+0.4% vs 676 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,900
Male / female
2,008 / 1,892
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
601
Literacy rate
55.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,082 / 441
Working population
1,810
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.6%
Households
676
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 10 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 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
310
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
39
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
25
Non-farm households
24
Share of households farming, 2020
51%
Net sown area
360 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
360 / 80 / 40
Main irrigation source
Surface water
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
23.1892, 86.3060 —
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