Pusti
Jhalda-I block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723212
· village code 331314
Population 2011
2,374
Census of India
Population 2020
2,570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.3%
196 people · 0.9% a year
Households
514
+2.4% vs 502 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,374
Male / female
1,213 / 1,161
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
369
Literacy rate
54.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
100 / 21
Working population
892
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
87.1%
Households
502
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
41
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
375
Non-farm households
27
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
177 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
177 / 95 / 33
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Pusti 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
₹32.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹58.34 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹51.75 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹39.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.91 lakh · received ₹23.98 lakh · spent ₹18.22 lakh · left ₹20.66 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.69 lakh · received ₹34.37 lakh · spent ₹33.53 lakh · left ₹18.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1106, 86.0783 —
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