Penchara
Manbazar-Ii block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723131
· village code 332221
Population 2011
1,083
Census of India
Population 2020
1,225
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+13.1%
142 people · 1.4% a year
Households
286
+25.4% vs 228 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,083
Male / female
554 / 529
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
127
Literacy rate
49.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
104 / 226
Working population
574
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.6%
Households
228
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 nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
92
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
31
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
227
Non-farm households
59
Share of households farming, 2020
79%
Net sown area
154 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
154 / 7 / 2
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bari-Jagda panchayat, Manbazar-Ii 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
₹22.24 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹45.97 lakh
Received directly
₹3.77 lakh
Spent
₹47.37 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.60 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.15 lakh · received ₹18.93 lakh · spent ₹16.58 lakh · left ₹10.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.09 lakh · received ₹27.04 lakh · spent ₹30.79 lakh · left ₹14.33 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0090, 86.5427 —
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