Arahansa
Balarampur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723143
· village code 331742
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 313 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,118 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
313
Male / female
157 / 156
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
994
Children aged 0–6
54
Literacy rate
48.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 93
Working population
189
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
100.0%
Households
58
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
130
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
43
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
68
Non-farm households
92
Share of households farming, 2020
43%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
15 / 18 / 102
Main irrigation source
Canals
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, 86.2089 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Purulia district ·
School
staffing across Purulia ·
…and across West Bengal