Darda
Balarampur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723143
· village code 331717
Population 2011
2,619
Census of India
Population 2020
2,777
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.0%
158 people · 0.7% a year
Households
525
+13.9% vs 461 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,619
Male / female
1,338 / 1,281
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
957
Children aged 0–6
390
Literacy rate
53.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
126 / 1,293
Working population
1,050
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.2%
Households
461
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 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
202
Teachers
7
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
373
Non-farm households
152
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
221 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
221 / 0 / 20
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Darda 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
₹45.42 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.87 lakh
Received directly
₹40,416
Spent
₹65.12 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹38.58 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.00 lakh · received ₹23.78 lakh · spent ₹20.75 lakh · left ₹12.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹36.43 lakh · received ₹34.09 lakh · spent ₹44.37 lakh · left ₹26.42 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0811, 86.2365 —
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