Laka
Barabazar block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723127
· village code 331954
Population 2011
1,589
Census of India
Population 2020
1,818
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.4%
229 people · 1.5% a year
Households
363
+11.7% vs 325 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,589
Male / female
775 / 814
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,050
Children aged 0–6
232
Literacy rate
52.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
74 / 225
Working population
935
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
86.7%
Households
325
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
105
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
26
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
243
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
105 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
105 / 20 / 50
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sindri 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
₹32.44 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹74.88 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹57.98 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹49.34 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.70 lakh · received ₹30.81 lakh · spent ₹18.67 lakh · left ₹15.84 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹28.74 lakh · received ₹44.07 lakh · spent ₹39.31 lakh · left ₹33.49 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0450, 86.4875 —
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