Chhoto Ganja
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723202
· village code 331262
Population 2011
622
Census of India
Population 2020
985
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+58.4%
363 people · 5.2% a year
Households
210
+76.5% vs 119 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
622
Male / female
302 / 320
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,060
Children aged 0–6
84
Literacy rate
64.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1
Working population
351
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
61.5%
Households
119
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
75
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
38
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
120
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
56 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
56 / 31 / 29
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalma panchayat, Jhalda-I 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
₹39.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹56.64 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹54.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.72 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.77 lakh · received ₹23.28 lakh · spent ₹22.99 lakh · left ₹13.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹27.13 lakh · received ₹33.37 lakh · spent ₹31.84 lakh · left ₹28.66 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4234, 85.9083 —
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