Hankasara
Jhalda-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723273
· village code 331426
Population 2011
906
Census of India
Population 2020
1,015
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.0%
109 people · 1.3% a year
Households
208
+18.9% vs 175 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
906
Male / female
456 / 450
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
987
Children aged 0–6
136
Literacy rate
47.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
19 / 24
Working population
346
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
3.8%
Households
175
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
98
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
49
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Girls
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
103
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
1 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chitmu panchayat, Jhalda-Ii 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
₹62.41 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹70.74 lakh
Received directly
₹1.86 lakh
Spent
₹75.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹59.90 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.93 lakh · received ₹29.07 lakh · spent ₹19.11 lakh · left ₹20.76 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.48 lakh · received ₹41.67 lakh · spent ₹56.00 lakh · left ₹39.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.4526, 86.0677 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal