Chhotagado
Balarampur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723143
· village code 331709
Population 2011
2,066
Census of India
Population 2020
2,272
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.0%
206 people · 1.1% a year
Households
360
+2.3% vs 352 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,066
Male / female
1,093 / 973
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
313
Literacy rate
51.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
819 / 447
Working population
691
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
34.6%
Households
352
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 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
129
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
137
Non-farm households
95
Share of households farming, 2020
59%
Net sown area
75 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
75 / 75 / 20
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Tentlow panchayat, Balarampur 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
₹44.66 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹66.33 lakh
Received directly
₹40,089
Spent
₹72.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹21.68 lakh · received ₹27.26 lakh · spent ₹28.29 lakh · left ₹21.06 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.97 lakh · received ₹39.07 lakh · spent ₹44.57 lakh · left ₹17.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0991, 86.2480 —
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