Palma
Barabazar block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723127
· village code 331811
Population 2011
746
Census of India
Population 2020
834
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
88 people · 1.2% a year
Households
142
+11.8% vs 127 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
746
Male / female
377 / 369
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
979
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
57.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
114 / 0
Working population
458
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.7%
Households
127
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
110
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
28
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
34
Non-farm households
56
Share of households farming, 2020
38%
Net sown area
72 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
72 / 55 / 11
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dhelatbamu panchayat, Barabazar 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
₹30.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹57.09 lakh
Received directly
₹21,320
Spent
₹46.18 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.44 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.24 lakh · received ₹23.46 lakh · spent ₹20.96 lakh · left ₹13.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.08 lakh · received ₹33.63 lakh · spent ₹25.22 lakh · left ₹27.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.1582, 86.6512 —
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How this village compares
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